Denton, Lincolnshire

Description
Denton, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands on the Salter's Roman road, near the Grantham Canal and the boundary with Leicestershire, 4 miles SW of Grantham station on the G.N.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Grantham. The parish comprises 2644 acres; population, 546. Denton House, the seat of the Welby-Gregory family, is an elegant mansion in the Tudor style, erected in 1879-83. It occupies a commanding site amid finely wooded grounds. There are a mineral spring and three fish ponds. A Roman tessellated pavement 30 feet square was found in 1727. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £543 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is a building of stone chiefly of the Perpendicular period, has a fine tower, and contains monuments of the Welbys and the Williamses. It was thoroughly restored in 1888. There is an endowed almshouse for six poor people.