Nether Denton, Cumberland Family History Guide

Nether Denton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cumberland.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Cuthbert

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1703
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1667

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DENTON (Nether), a parish in Brampton district, Cumberland; on the Roman wall, the river Irthing, and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, at the boundary with Northumberland, near Low Row r. station, and 5 miles NE by E of Brampton. Post town, Low Row, under Carlisle.

Acres, 4, 530. Real property, £3, 552. Pop., 302. Houses, 63. The property is much subdivided. The rocks include limestone and building-stone.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £196. Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is tolerable.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

DENTON, NETHER (St. Cuthbert), a parish, in the union of Brampton, Eskdale ward, E. division of Cumberland, 5 miles (E.N. E.) from Brampton; containing 280 inhabitants.

The parish is bounded on the north by the river Irthing, and comprises about six square miles; the land is all inclosed, and nearly equally divided between pasture and arable, the soil of the latter of which is light and sandy. Freestone and limestone are abundant, and there is a considerable quantity of shell-marl. The Newcastle and Carlisle railway has a station here.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £4. 5. 2.; net income, £196; patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The tithes of Nether and Upper Denton were commuted for land in 1798. The church, though small, is handsome, and picturesquely situated; and nearly opposite to it, is the fine piece of romantic scenery called Goat Crags, on the banks of the Irthing.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848