Denton - Northamptonshire
Denton - Northamptonshire is a Village in the county of Northamptonshire.
Denton - Northamptonshire postcode: NN7 1DG
Retail in Denton - Northamptonshire
There are great places to visit near Denton - Northamptonshire including some great ruins, villages, castles, towns, woodlands, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, country parks, lakes, bluebell woods, rivers and streams, gardens, disused railway lines, nature reserves, historic monuments and museums.
The area around Denton - Northamptonshire features a number of interesting ruins including Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).
Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton are great places to visit near Denton - Northamptonshire if you like villages.
Denton - Northamptonshire's best nearby castles can be found at Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle.
The area around Denton - Northamptonshire features a number of interesting towns including Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.
There are a several good woodlands in the Denton - Northamptonshire area like Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.
Don't miss Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton's hiking areas if visiting the area around Denton - Northamptonshire.
Don't miss Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton)'s historic buildings if visiting the area around Denton - Northamptonshire.
Denton - Northamptonshire has some unmissable parks nearby like Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.
Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park are great places to visit near Denton - Northamptonshire if you like country parks.
Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir are some of Denton - Northamptonshire best lakes to visit near Denton - Northamptonshire.
Places near Denton - Northamptonshire feature a number of interesting bluebell woods including Coton Manor Garden.
Places near Denton - Northamptonshire feature a number of interesting rivers and streams including Northampton Marina.
The area around Denton - Northamptonshire's best gardens can be found at Cottesbrooke Hall.
The area close to Denton - Northamptonshire boasts some of the best disused railway lines including Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.
Don't miss Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Denton - Northamptonshire.
Historic Monuments to visit near Denton - Northamptonshire include Wellingborough War Memorial.
There are a several good museums in the area around Denton - Northamptonshire like Rushden Museum.
Denton - Northamptonshire History
There are some historic monuments around Denton - Northamptonshire:
Places to see near Denton - Northamptonshire
History of Denton - Northamptonshire
In the early 13th century it lay within the Manor of Withington, a feudal estate which also encompassed the townships of Withington, Didsbury, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Moss Side, Rusholme, Burnage and Haughton, ruled by the Hathersage, Longford, Mosley and Tatton families. Felt hatting was recorded in Denton as early as 1702 and Denton gained supremacy in the hatting industry towards the end of the 19th century. The increasing importance of Denton and Haughton as centres of felt hat production is demonstrated by the increase of manufacturers in the area: in 1800 there were 4 hatting firms in Denton and Haughton, but by 1825 there were 25 manufacturers, making it the third largest hat making centre in the north west. By 1840, 24,000 felt hats were produced in Denton a week. The prosperity of the hatting industry is reflected in the growth of the town from 2,501 in 1801 to 6,759 in 1841. During the 1840s, the felt hat industry went into depression; the recession affected Denton, with wages in the area falling by 35% and only 12 hat manufacturers remaining in Denton. The depression was partially due to changes in fashion away from felt towards silk hats. The revitalisation of the felt hat industry came in the 1850s, once again on a whim of fashion but also the increased use of machinery led to reduced production costs. The resurgence was demonstrated by the doubling of the number of hat manufacturers in the town between 1861 and 1872. At its peak in the Edwardian period, Denton’s felt hat industry was the largest felt hat manufacturing centre in Britain. There were 36 firms directly involved in the felt hat making industry. In 1907 the majority of the 16,428,000 felt hats made in England (worth £2,068,000) were made in Denton and Stockport. In 1921, the working population of Denton was 9,653 with about 41% of those people in occupations related to the hatting industry. The last hat factory in Denton closed in 1980.
