Denton, Cambridgeshire
Coordinates: 52°28′40″N 0°18′30″W / 52.4778°N 0.3082°W
Denton is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire, England. [1] Denton lies approximately 11 miles (18 km) north-west of Huntingdon. Denton is in the civil parish of Denton and Caldecote. Denton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Denton has approximately 12 houses.
All Saints Church in Denton, substantially rebuilt 1629-1671, but with 12th and 13th century elements, was abandoned in the early 1960s and is currently in a ruinous state. However, the roofless church and tower remain grade II listed and occasional services and events are held within.[2][3]
Government
Denton is part of the civil parish of Denton and Caldecote. The parish does not have a parish council but instead holds an annual parish meeting.[4]
Denton was in the historic and administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough. Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Denton became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. Denton is a part of the district ward of Stilton for Huntingdonshire District Council[5] and is represented on the district council by one councillor.[6] Denton is a part of the electoral division of Norman Cross for Cambridgeshire County Council[5] and is represented on the county council by two councillors.[7]
At Westminster, Denton is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire,[5] and is represented in the House of Commons by Shailesh Vara (Conservative). Shailesh Vara has represented the constituency since 2005. The previous member of parliament was Brian Mawhinney (Conservative) who represented the constituency between 1997 and 2005. For the European Parliament Denton is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).
Demography
Population
In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Denton was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 60 (the lowest was in 1891) and 97 (the highest was in 1841).[8]
From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War).
| Parish |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1951 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
1991 |
2001 |
2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton | 67 | 66 | 76 | |||||||
All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight.[8]
The parish of Denton was merged with the neighbouring parish of Caldecote between 1931 and 1951.
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
- ↑ British Listed Buildings
- ↑ Friends of Denton Church Ruin
- ↑ "Huntingdonshire District Council: Parish Councils". Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "Huntingdonshire District Council: Councillors". www.huntsdc.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "Cambridgeshire County Council: Councillors" (pdf). www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011" (xlsx - download). www.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Cambridgeshire Insight. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
External links
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