Denton with Wootton

Human settlement in England

Denton with Wootton

District

Dover

Kent

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCanterburyPostcode districtCT4PoliceKentFire Kent Ambulance South East Coast

List of places: UK; England; Kent

51°10′05″N 1°10′43″E / 51.168°N 1.1787°E / 51.168; 1.1787

Denton with Wootton is a civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England. The parish contains the settlements of Denton and Wootton, 1 mile (1.6 km) apart. In 2011 it had a population of 372.

Denton with Wootton is approximately 30 miles (48 km) east-southeast from the county town of Maidstone. The south of the parish is 6 miles (10 km) north-west from the channel port of Dover, and the north, 7 miles (11 km) south-east from Canterbury. The A260 Barham to Folkestone road runs through the parish, and a 1 mile (1.6 km) section of the major A2 London to Dover road is part of the parish at the east.

Parishes surrounding Denton with Wootton are Barham at the north; Shepherdswell with Coldred at the north-east; Lydden at the south-east; Swingfield at the south; Acrise at the south-west; and Elham at the west.

The Lydden Hill Race Circuit is within the eastern border of Denton with Wootton.

There are two parish churches: St Martin's in Wootton, and St Mary Magdalene's in Denton.

Historically Denton and Wootton contained two manors each: Denton and Tappington at Denton; Wootton and Wickham Bushes at Wootton.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ Hasted, Edward. "Parishes: Denton." The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9. Canterbury: W Bristow, 1800. 358-364. British History Online. Retrieved 29 March 2018
^ Hasted, Edward. "Parishes: Wootton." The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9. Canterbury: W Bristow, 1800. 364-373. British History Online. Retrieved 29 March 2018