Current translation for Denton
  den derived from daen/den-bera - a valley / a forest swine pasture, most were settled after Domesday
  ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Dentone(Huntingdonshire)
Dentone(Lincolnshire)
Dentone(Yorkshire)
Dentuna(Norfolk)
Dodintone(Northamptonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk