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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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Nether Denton CP/AP Brampton RegD/PLU Cumberland AncC |
Place names: | DENTON | DENTON NETHER | NETHER DENTON |
Place: | Nether Denton |
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