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