Denton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Durham, created in 1837 from a chapelry in Gainford Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Hougton le Side.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1576
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1765
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Methodist New Connexion.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DENTON, a chapelry in Gainford parish, Durham; on a branch of the river Skerne, 1½ mile N of Pierce-Bridge r. station, and 5½ NW by W of Darlington. Post town, Pier-Bridge, under Darlington. Acres, 966. Real property, £1, 566. Pop., 111. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £60. Patron, the Vicar of Gainford. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Durham, Denton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Mary the Virgin, Denton, Co. Durham : [monumental inscriptions]
Author: McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland Family History Society
England, Durham, Denton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Denton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Durham, Denton – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census for Coniscliffe, Carlbury, Piercebridge, Cockerton, Archdeacon Newton, Coldsides, Houghton-le-Side …
Author: Cleveland Family History Society
England, Durham, Denton – Church records ( 5 )
The antiquities of Gainford, in the county of Durham : comprising the baronial and ecclesiastical history of that place and of Barnardcastle, with descriptive notices of Raby Castle, Staindrop Church, Denton, etc…
Author: Walbran, John Richard
England, Durham, Denton, bishop’s transcripts, 1765-1882
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Denton (Durham); Durham University Library
England, Durham, Gainford, bishop’s transcripts, 1763-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gainford (Durham); Church of England. Chapelry of Denton (Durham); Durham University Library
Parish register transcripts for Denton, 1673-1812
Author: Wood, Herbert Maxwell; Church of England. Chapelry of Denton (Durham)
Parish registers of Denton, 1576-1910
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Denton (Durham)
England, Durham, Denton – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Computer printout of Denton, Durham, England
Denton, St. Mary; burials, 1673-1812
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Denton (Durham); Northumberland & Durham Family History Society
A literatum copy of the first register of baptisms, marriages and burials of the Chapelry of Denton in the parish of Gainford, county of Durham
Author: Walbran, John Richard; Church of England. Chapelry of Denton (Durham)
Marriages index, Staindrop, 1636-1837; Gainford, 1569-1837; Denton, 1579 -1837
Author: Rounce, W. E.; Church of England. Parish Church of Staindrop (Durham); Church of England. Parish Church of Gainford (Durham); Church of England. Chapelry of Denton (Durham)
Parish register printouts of Denton, Durham, England; baptisms, 1587-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Chapelry of Denton (Durham)
England, Durham, Denton – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the chaplery of Denton, 1760-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)
England, Durham, Denton – Schools ( 1 )
Mixed school admission registers, 1875-1925
Author: Denton C. E. School (Denton, Durham)
England, Durham, Denton – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the chaplery of Denton, 1760-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Durhamshire)
Valuation lists for the township of Denton, 1869-1897
Author: Denton (Durham)
Administration
- County: Durham
- Civil Registration District: Darlington
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Durham
- Rural Deanery: Darlington
- Poor Law Union: Darlington
- Hundred: Darlington Ward
- Province: York