Nether Denton

{{Short description|Civil parish in Cumbria, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Nether Denton

| country = England

| region = North West England

| static_image_name = St. Cuthbert's Church, Nether Denton - geograph.org.uk - 1558914.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Cuthbert's Church, Nether Denton

| population = 415

| population_ref = (2011 (including Upper Denton))

| os_grid_reference = NY602631

| coordinates = {{coord|54.961|-2.621|display=inline,title}}

| post_town = BRAMPTON

| postcode_area = CA

| postcode_district = CA8

| dial_code = 016977

| constituency_westminster = Carlisle

| civil_parish = Nether Denton

| unitary_england = Cumberland

| lieutenancy_england = Cumbria

| website = {{url|http://www.netherdenton.com}}

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Carlisle

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria

| label_position =

}}

Nether Denton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in rural Cumbria, England, situated about {{convert|12|mi}} north-east of Carlisle, by the A69 road. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 415.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126829&c=CA8+2HX&d=16&e=62&g=6411658&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435145221323&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=24 June 2015}} Nether Denton is a couple of miles south-west of the village of Upper Denton. The parish contains the village of Low Row.

St Cuthbert's Church at Nether Denton is built at the site of a Roman fort, around {{convert|0.5|mi}} south of Hadrian's Wall on the Stanegate road. The present building dates from 1868 to 1870, but there has been a church on the site since the 12th century.[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-78061-church-of-st-cuthbert-nether-denton Church of St. Cuthbert at British Listed Buildings Online] Denton Hall, now a farmhouse, comprises a 14th-century pele tower, gabled and reduced in height, adjoining a house of 1829. The walls of the tower are 2m thick.[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=12668 Denton Hall at Pastscape]