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A TIMELINE OF DENTON HISTORY |
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1271 |
Ramsay Abbey land on tenancy to John De Cave and William de Bradfielde |
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13th Century |
Oldest remaining parts of Denton church built |
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1284 |
John de Hastings, holds land in Parva Dudington and other surrounding villages as part of Huntingdon estate – later these were to pass to the Compton family |
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1297 |
Laurence of Preston holds one knight’s fee in village |
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1316 |
John De Cave now holding land along with Margaret De Meuse, a Whiston landowner. |
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1337 |
The Hundred Years War begins |
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1540 |
Earliest date of Church registers |
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1569 |
Edward Griffin, a descendent of the family of the Earl of Gloucester died. By then the Compton family was occupying the lands they owned. The village was now named Dodington. |
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1570 |
Date of earliest church plate, a cup. |
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1574 |
Building of Castle Ashby House commenced |
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1580 |
Francis Drake sails round the world |
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1606 |
Thatched cottage built on site now occupied by Yew Tree House. |
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1619 |
Plaque in church relating to Sir William Andrew’s support of church. |
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1625 |
Date of founding of oldest church bell in Denton church tower |
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1629 |
Date of founding second, tenor, church bell in Denton church |
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1629 |
Date stone on Church commemorating rebuilding. |
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1639 |
The village is now known as Deynton Parva, Doddington Parva, or Nether Doddington. Henry, Lord Spencer has recovered the lands of the Manor of Denton. |
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During 17th century |
Earliest meetings of Society of Protestant Dissenters of Baptist Denomination |
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during 17th century |
Original building of dovecote. |
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1647 |
James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton now dealing with the affairs of the lands his family owns. |
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1649 |
Charles 1 beheaded |
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1665 |
The Plague hits Yardley Hastings but Denton mostly misses its effects. |
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1670 |
Records report a total of 75 households in Denton. |
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C1670 |
Wareing Farm House built, Wareing Lane |
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C1675 |
Manor Farm House and outbuildings built. |
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1675 |
Church Farm House, Main Street built. |
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1676 |
Denton’s population is calculated to be 320 |
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1700 |
Village population quoted as 360 |
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1720 |
Village now named Little Dodington, Divington Parva or Denton. John Bridges Northamptonshire Survey quotes the total area of the village as ‘about thirty-three yard-lands’ – around 990 acres. |
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C1750 |
White Hart Inn – now Upper & Lower Gatehouses built |
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1754 |
Local area marriage records show only 17 ladies out of 169 who wed could sign their name – Denton ladies were at the very bottom of the list! |
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1770 |
Captain Cook reaches Australia |
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1770 |
The Inclosure Act passed relating to ‘the Parifh of Denton otherwife Divington Parva’. |
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1777 |
Militia lists show 34 Denton men ‘ liabel to serve in the militia’ |
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1789 |
Robinson’s Cottage, Main Street built. |
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C1800 |
Former forge in Bedford Road built. – now outbuilding to Stone House |
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1801 |
Village population 378 |
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1802 |
First Baptist building specifically for worship built |
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1807 |
Rev Paul A. Irby became rector of Denton and Whiston |
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1807 |
The slave trade is abolished in the British Empire |
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1811 |
Village population 379 |
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C1812 |
Grange Farm House and outbuildings built |
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1813 |
Datestone of Stone House, Bedford Road |
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1821 |
Village population 475 |
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1826 |
Baptist movement acquire cottages for worship |
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1827 |
Northampton to Bedford trunk road (now A428) built |
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1827 |
3rd church bell, treble cast by Taylors of Loughborough |
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1828 |
Church reopened after major rebuilding. |
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1829 |
Building of Denton’s first school on Church Way started. |
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1830 |
New school opened. |
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1831 |
Village population 527 |
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1834 |
Houses of Parliament burn down |
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1838 |
Victoria Coronation Oak planted on Village Green. |
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1841 |
Village population 557 |
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1849 |
Miss Martha Underwood headteacher at school |
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1851 |
Rev L. C. R. Irby took over from Rev P.A. Irby on his retirement |
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1851 |
Religious attendance survey – more than half villagers attend worship |
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1851 |
Village population 595 |
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1861 |
Village population 578 |
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1866 |
Church organ bought and installed |
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1868 |
Extra classroom built on school |
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c.1870 |
Miss Cecilia White headteacher at school |
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1871 |
Village population 619 |
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1872 |
Bedford to Northampton railway opened - crossing Denton to Horton Road |
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1872 |
First FA Cup final |
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1872 |
New wing built on school |
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1885 |
David & Sarah Brearley teachers at school |
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1891 |
Village population 487 |
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1892 |
Denton became a separate benefice – Rev.T. Amys appointed vicar |
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1893 |
Compton House,Vicarage Lane built. |
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1893 |
‘Backside’ – path between Gate Houses up to Compton House built |
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1895 |
Rose Cottages, Main Street built |
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1896 |
Church re-opened after significant internal refurbishment |
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1898 |
William & Louisa Jones teachers at school |
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1898 |
Vicarage Farm House, Vicarage Lane built. |
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1899 |
Churchyard closed for burials by privy council order. |
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1900 |
Dentonian Sydney Robinson wins gold, silver & bronze medals at Paris Olympics |
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1901 |
Death of Queen Victoria |
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1901 |
Oak tree planted on green to commemorate coronation of King Edward VII. |
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1901 |
Village population 439 |
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1901 |
Racehorse ‘Grudon’ trained at The Elms won Grand National |
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1909 |
Baptist chapel extension opened |
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1910 |
Further extension of school buildings |
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1910 |
Oak tree planted on village green to commemorate coronation of King George V. |
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1911 |
Village population 416 |
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1913 |
Knight’s offer occasional passenger service on carrier’s lorry |
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1920 |
War memorial in churchyard unveiled |
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1921 |
Village population 381 |
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1921 |
Mr & Mrs George Battison take over as teachers at school |
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1922 |
First broadcasts by BBC |
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1925 |
First timetabled bus service offered by Knights |
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1927 |
Church reopened after major rebuilding works |
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1931 |
Village population 414 |
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1931 |
By-Pass built and opened |
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1935 |
Rev. T. Amys dies |
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1936 |
Rev H. C. R. Eltoft appointed vicar |
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1936 |
Yew Tree House, Northampton Road built |
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1938/9 |
Council build 4 pairs of houses in Northampton Road |
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c.1940 |
Land Army Hut constructed by War Office in Vicarage Lane. |
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1940 |
Denton platoon of Home Guard formed |
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1940 |
Telephone box installed by old school playgrounds |
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1940 |
War spy parachutes ,lands and is captured at The Elms |
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1940 |
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister |
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1947 |
Council build houses in By-Pass Way – originally called New Road |
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1950s |
Pump on Village Green saved by local ladies |
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1951 |
Village population 449 |
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1953 |
Mr & Mrs Martin Jones appointed school teachers on Mr & Mrs Battison’s retirement |
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1954 |
Denton Women’s Institute founded |
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1956 |
Quart Pot ceased to be a pub and became private house. |
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1959 |
Council build bungalows on corner of Main Street and The Leys |
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1960 |
First episode of Coronation Street broadcast |
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1960 |
Concrete culvert for brook installed as flood prevention measure |
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1960 |
Idea of mural scheme for church first suggested |
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c.1960 |
Grange Farm outbuildings demolished |
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c.1960 |
Houses in Northampton Road (North side) built by Adkins and Shaw. |
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1961 |
Village population 414 |
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1962 |
Railway line closes to passenger traffic |
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1962 |
Land Army Hut bought by parish as village hall |
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1964 |
Rev. Harry Bamber replaced Rev. Eltoft as vicar |
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1964 |
Railway closed to non-military goods traffic |
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1966 |
Rev Colin Symes replaced Rev Bamber as vicar |
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1968 |
Rev Jim Davies replaced Rev. Symes as vicar |
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1969 |
Tree planted on village green to commemorate investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales |
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1970 |
The Maltings built in Main Street for Victor and Marjorie Hill. |
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1971 |
Decimal currency introduced |
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1971 |
Village population 650 |
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1971 |
Conservation area around central Denton created by Northampton R.D.C |
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1972 |
Youth Club reopened |
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1975 |
Miss Sue MacGowan appointed head teacher on retirement of Mr Jones |
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1976 |
Church mural scheme completed |
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1976/7 |
Bridge Meadow houses built |
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1978 |
Richard Wilkins appointed headteacher at school |
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1978 |
Baptist chapel centenary celebrated |
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1979 |
Scare over possibility of airport at Yardley Chase |
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1980 |
‘Old Orchard’ House in The Leys built. |
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1980 |
Houses in built in ground of Vicarage Farm House, Vicarage Lane. |
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1981 |
Village population 779 |
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1981 |
Rail line finally closed by Ministry of Defence |
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1982 |
Argentina invades Falkland Islands |
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1982 |
Present village hall built and opened in place of old one. |
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1982 |
Houses on South side of Northampton Road built |
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1982 |
Present school in Vicarage Lane built and opened |
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1982 |
Old school buildings sold and used as commercial premises. |
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1984 |
Denton church combined with Yardley Hastings, Castle Ashby, Whiston and Grendon churches as single living. |
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1984 |
Houses in Wareings Lane built on what was Perrett’s Yard. |
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1984 |
Rev. Alec Benniams replaced Rev James Davies as vicar |
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1984 |
Charles Wells buy The Red Lion pub from Mann’s Brewery |
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1985 |
Alan Harper takes over as school head teacher |
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1986 |
Doctors’ surgery built and opened in Vicarage Lane |
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1988 |
Rev. Michael Ryall replaced Rev Benniams as vicar |
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1988 |
Shop on Church Way, formerly ‘Messengers’, became private dwelling |
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1990 |
Margaret Thatcher resigns |
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1990 |
David Croot appointed as head teacher at school |
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1991 |
Denton Co-Operative Society formally wound up |
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1992 |
Orchard Close development completed behind doctors surgery |
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1997 |
Baptist Chapel ceased as place of worship and became dwelling. |
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1997 |
Denton Co-Op building demolished in Main Street |
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1997 |
School extension built (new hall etc) |
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1999 |
Millennium stained glass window installed in church |
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1999 |
House built in The Leys now called The Rectory |
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2000 |
Village Millennium sign erected |
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2000 |
Former butchers shop in Main Street converted to private dwelling |
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2001 |
Village population 779 |
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2002 |
Fr. David Spokes replaced Rev Ryall as vicar |
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2007 |
Denton WI wound up and replaced by Ladies Lunch Club |
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2007 |
Dentist’s surgery opened in Vicarage Lane |
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