Denton, Northamptonshire

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Denton

| static_image_name = St Margaret's in Denton.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Margaret's parish church

| label_position = bottom

| coordinates = {{coord|52.209|-0.779|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = SP8357

| london_distance = {{convert|63|mi|0}}

| population = 767

| population_ref = (2001 Census)
739 (2011 Census)

| civil_parish = Denton

| unitary_england = West Northamptonshire

| lieutenancy_england = Northamptonshire

| region = East Midlands

| country = England

| constituency_westminster = Northampton South

| post_town = Northampton

| postcode_district = NN7

| postcode_area = NN

| dial_code = 01604

| website = [http://www.denton-village.com/ Denton Village Northampton]

}}

Denton is a small village and civil parish on the A428 road about {{convert|6|mi|0}} south-east of Northampton. It had a pub, the Red Lion which is now as of 2024 an Indian restaurant Mooche Walla, a village hall, a Church of England parish church, a surgery and a primary school.

The villages name probably means, 'farm/settlement connected with Dod(d)a/Dud(d)a'.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Denton|title = Key to English Place-names}}

The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 767,{{cite web |title=Denton CP: Parish headcounts |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797344&c=denton&d=16&e=15&g=473948&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1257691124163&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |access-date=8 November 2009}}

decreasing

to 739 at the 2011 census before increasing to 744 in the 2021 census.{{cite web |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122679&c=Denton&d=16&e=62&g=6452483&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467457524450&enc=1 |access-date=2 July 2016}}