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'''Denton''' is a town in the [[Tameside|Metropolitan Borough of Tameside]], [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]]. It is six miles (9.6 km) to the east of [[Manchester City Centre]], and has a population of 34,280. This is where Legends such as Seanyboy and Kieran were born lol


[[Historic counties of England|Historically]] part of [[Lancashire]], Denton grew as a significant centre of hat manufacture, though today it is a predominantly residential town.
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A [[Byzantine]] coin was discovered in Danesheadbank, dating from the sixth or seventh century, as part of the Denton coin hoard.<ref>{{cite book |author=Mike Nevell |date=1992 |title=Tameside Before 1066 |pages=76 |publisher=Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |isbn=1-871324-07-6}}</ref> The early medieval linear earthwork [[Nico Ditch]] passes through Denton; it was probably used as an administrative boundary and dates from the 8th or 9th centuries. A 300m stretch is still visible on Denton golf course, about 4m wide and 1.5m deep.<ref>{{cite book |author=Mike Nevell |date=1998 |title=Lands and Lordships in Tameside |publisher=Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council with the [[Manchester University|University of Manchester Archaeological Unit]] |pages=40-41 |isbn=1-871324-18-1}}</ref>
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===Middle Ages===
In the early 13th century it lay within the [[Manorialism|Manor]] of Withington, a feudal estate which also encompassed the townships of [[Withington]], [[Didsbury]], [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy]], [[Moss Side]], [[Rusholme]], [[Burnage]] and [[Haughton, Greater Manchester|Haughton]], ruled by the Hathersage, Longford, Mosley and Tatton families.<ref>{{cite book
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===Hat industry===
'''San Felipe de Puerto Plata''', often referred to as simply '''Puerto Plata''', is the capital of the [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] [[Provinces of the Dominican Republic|province]] [[Puerto Plata (province)|Puerto Plata]]. It has a population of 130,000.
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.<ref name="Hat making">{{cite book |author=Mike Nevell, Brian Grimsditch and Ivan Hradil |date=2007 |title=Denton and the Archaeology of the Felt Hatting Industry |publisher=Tameside Metropolitan Borough and [[Manchester University|University of Manchester Archaeological Unit]] |pages=26, 29-32, 40, 74-76 |isbn=1-871324-36-X}}</ref>


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 the16,428,000 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.<ref name="Hat making"/>
The city is famous for resorts such as [[Playa Dorada]] and [[Costa Dorada (resort)|Costa Dorada]], located east of San Felipe de Puerto Plata. There are a total of 100,000 hotel beds in the city.


Although the felt hat industry in Denton and Haughton was prosperous and an integral part of the town, working conditions in the factories were not risk free. One of the problems workers faced was [[mercury poisoning]]; mercury was used to separate the fur from the rabbit hide and workers were in regular contact with fur impregnated with mercury or exposed to mercury vapour. Inadequate ventilation in some parts of the hat making process led to other sorts of dangers; solvents were used and in 1901 there was an explosion at one of the hat makers in Denton, killing 13 people and injuring many more. The explosion was of vapour from methylated spirits used in the dying process.<ref name="Hat making"/>
The only [[aerial tramway]] in the [[Caribbean]] is located in Puerto Plata. With it, one can ride up to [[Pico Isabel de Torres]], a 793 meter high mountain within the city. The top of the mountain features a [[botanical garden]] and a replica of [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Redeemer]], the famous statue in [[Rio de Janeiro]].


Throughout the 19th century and well into the 20th century, a wide range of hats was manufactured to suit all tastes and purses. The names used by the competing manufacturers to describe their products was bewildering and some of these were; felt hats, silk hats, fur hats, wear fur hats, soft hats, stiff hats, velour hats, wool hats, straw hats and, of course, the ubiquitous [[cloth cap]]. In the 1930s the ‘''Attaboy''’ [[trilby|trilby hat]] was introduced. This brand quickly became famous and it was in production for many years. Ladies’ hats were not forgotten either and at least one works specialised in making these and the hat master’s wife designed them at home. Hats were made for home consumption and for export. The well-known saying, “''If you want to get ahead, get a hat''” arose in Denton and, needless to say, anyone attending for a job interview not wearing a hat was quickly shown the door. Similarly, until the early 20th century, anyone entering a Denton shop without a hat would receive much cursing. The term, “''mad as a hatter''” also arose in Denton because the mercury was used in the felting process led to mercury poisoning.
The fortification [[Fortaleza San Felipe]], which was built in the [[16th century]] and served as a prison under [[Rafael Trujillo]]'s dictatorship, lies close to the port of Puerta Plata. The [[amber]] [[museum]] is also a well-known attraction in this city. [[La Isabela]], a settlement built by [[Christopher Columbus]], is located near Puerto Plata.


In 2003, the prominent Wilson's Hat Factory on Wilton Street, together with the adjacent mill-workers' houses, other factories, Wilton Street Chapel and Mainstream Studios was demolished to make way for a new retail shopping park 'Crown Point North', part of a major town centre regeneration scheme. The shopping park has attracted the country's first [[Tesco]] Homeplus store, together with other major names, such as [[British Home Stores|Bhs]], [[Burton (clothes retailer)|Burton]], [[River Island]], [[TK Maxx]], [[H&M]], [[Boots Group|Boots]], [[Jessops]], [[C&J Clark|Clarks]], [[Mothercare]] and a [[Zavvi]]. In March 2007, the final unit opened as a [[Marks and Spencer]] Outlet store.
In April 1563 the Spanish settlement became notorious when the English privateer [[Sir John Hawkins]] brought 400 people he had abducted from [[Sierra Leone]] and enslaved. Hawkins traded his victims with the Spanish for pearls, hides and sugars, some gold. This was the start of [[United Kingdom|British]] involvement in the trans-Atlantic [[Slave Trade]], in which 20 million people were forced into [[slavery]].


=== Coal Mining ===
Puerto Plata is served by [[Gregorio Luperón International Airport]]
Denton is situated on the Lancashire [[Coalfield|coalfield]] and once had a number of collieries in operation. These included the Ellis Colliery (Which became Denton Colliery), Top Pit, Hard Mine Pit and, further south and near to the river Tame, Hulmes Pit. Much of the coal that they produced was consumed by local industry, there being an abundance of steam powered mills in the area.


Denton Colliery was the largest of these mines and eventually absorbed the other local pits, often using their shafts for ventilation or, in the case of Hulmes Pit, as a pumping station to drain water from the main workings. Denton Colliery was connected to the [[London_%26_North_Western_Railway|London & North Western Railway’s]] line from [[Guide_Bridge|Guide Bridge]] to [[Stockport]] by a standard gauge [[Tramway_(industrial)|tramway]]. The tramway was worked by steam power, rather than horses, as evidenced by a photograph held in the Tameside Local History Library archives.
==Geography==


In 1926, miners at Denton Colliery joined the national strike against reduced wages and longer working hours. This dispute led to the [[UK_General_Strike_of_1926|general strike]] (May 3rd – 12th, 1926). When the general strike was called off, coal miners stayed out for several more months.
Its topography is escalonada, presenting the city an almost complete view since the port. It limited by the northeast and northwest by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south and southwest by the Hill Isabel of Towers.


As the strike started to crumble, miners at Denton Colliery remained steadfast, not returning to work until November 5th, 1926<ref>C. Wilkins-Jones, ''Tameside'', Tameside Metropolitan Libaries Committee, 1978</ref>, some 6 weeks and one day after their colleagues at the nearby Ashton Moss Colliery, the only other significant colliery left in Tameside at that time. They returned to face longer working hours and their pre-strike rates of pay.
It based on a small bay that counts on good shelter, is the largest city of the North seaboard, being the first one in surface, with 562.093 square km. Its sections are: El Cupey, Maimón, Los Mameyes, Sabana Grande, El Toro, Tubagua, Yásica Abajo y San Marcos. The mountain or Loma Isabel de Torres is situated to some 5 km to the southwest of the city of San Felipe. Geographically it forms part of the Cordillera Septentrional, reaching a maximum height of 800 mts above sea level. Its area covers approximately 20 square km and its zone has as main way of access the highway Don José Ginebra, that leaving the city continues the Western direction passing for them populated San Marcos, Piedra Candela y el Cruce, arriving at a section paved that continues the southeastern direction and that carries directly to the top, permitting the access to Parque Nacional Isabel de Torres declared “Monumento Natural” of the Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael María Moscoso.


Unfortunately, months without maintenance during the strike had taken their toll on many coal mines. Denton Colliery had flooded to the extent that it was no longer workable and the Denton Colliery Co. went into voluntary liquidation in 1929. The headstock was demolished in 1932 and the shaft was finally filled and capped in 1974<ref>C. Wilkins-Jones, ''Tameside'', Tameside Metropolitan Libaries Committee, 1978</ref>, .
==Hidrography==


Some traces of Denton Colliery can still be found. The colliery offices, situated on Stockport Road, still stand and are now the showroom of a company of monumental stonemasons. Behind the office building is a small section of wall from the colliery. On the opposite side of the road and slightly nearer to Crown Point is the building that once housed the local mines rescue station, now two private houses. Two miners cottages, much altered and now converted into one house, stand near the junction of Stockport Road and Cemetery Road. The foundations of Hulmes Pit were excavated during the early 1970s and can still be seen. Parts of the track bed of the tramway to Denton Colliery can still be traced, both on modern maps and on the ground, as can traces of a canal, known as the [[Beat_Bank_Branch_Canal|Beat Bank Branch]], intended to link local collieries to the [[Stockport_Branch_Canal|Stockport branch]] of the [[Ashton_Canal|Ashton Canal]] at [[Reddish]], which was partially built and then abandoned.
Inside the most important rivers than they belong to the municipality they would be able to mention to: Camú, Yaque del Norte, San Marcos, Corozo, Muñoz, Maimón, El Violón, San Piñez, Río Seco, así como los arroyos Fú, Blanco, Caballo, Culebra, San Cristóbal among others; besides a without number of Lakes.
[[Image:YaquePP.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Yaque del Norte]]


=== Oldham Batteries ===
==Economy==
After hatting, the most important industry in Denton was the manufacture of [[Lead-acid battery|lead-acid batteries]] by Oldham Batteries (Oldham & Son Ltd). In 1865, Joseph Oldham established a millwright general engineering shop and by 1887 this company was manufacturing machinery for the hat-making industry. Another important industry in the area was [[coal]] mining and shortly after 1887 the company began making machinery and equipment for this industry, which included miners’ portable lamps. Up to this time, miners had always used the safety lamp devised in 1815 by Sir [[Humphry Davy]] (1778 – 1829) but this new battery-powered [[Davy lamp|Davy Lamp]] lamp eventually replaced the traditional safety lamp.


In 1920, the manufacture of automotive batteries for commercial vehicles, cars and motorcycles commenced and over the years this business expanded into the manufacture of traction batteries, which also included submarine batteries.
The Municipality of San Felipe de Puerto Plata is supported in the activities agribusiness, industrial and tourist being built in the first sources of income in the current moments, through which the municipality contributes significant figures in the social and economic growth of all the country. Other forms of income and economic development, that serve to support to some segments of their population, they are supported in the dynamics of the harbor activity, the craft, the fishing and a without weavings stores number and footwear. Particularly, the port has a great impact in the national and provincial economy.


Nonetheless, the company never converted exclusively to the manufacture of batteries and they still continued to make machinery for the hatting industry, general engineering equipment, portable lamps and lighting systems as well as helmet-lamps and other related equipment for the mining industry. It also produced attachments for the mechanical handling industry.
Besides their old spring, possesses a spike for management of general freighters or bulk and of passengers; through they export themselves him a great variety of merchandise, that go from products of the farming to products manufactured, in the duty-free zones of the region. It possesses areas to charge and to discharge, including two tow trucks. The new spring receives a, in which great part of the commercial operations is carried out.


Oldham Batteries became a major Denton employer with over 1,000 employees, but by the beginning of 2002 the decision to close the factory had been made. The factory, which used to be off Lime Grove, Denton, is no longer there. It has been demolished, and a planning application for a further town centre retail park has been approved by Tameside Council.


===Denton in World War II===
Denton was bombed in 1940. The club house at Denton Golf Course was destroyed and several houses on Stockport Road, near Prince Edward Avenue, were either damaged or destroyed. The reason for this was probably the fact that there was an ack-ack gun in the fields at the bottom of Prince Edward Avenue. It provoked retaliation. Henry Beecher Jones was killed; he was standing at the front door of number 235, watching the glow of fire over Manchester. Number 235 was destroyed. Air raids were constant until at least 1942.


==History==
==Governance==
===Civic history===
Denton was originally one of the [[township (England)|townships]] of the [[Manchester (ancient parish)|ancient parish of Manchester]] in the [[Salford (hundred)|Salford Hundred]] of Lancashire. In 1866 it became a [[civil parish]] in its own right.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10347385&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain] - Denton unit history</ref> The parish was expanded in 1894 by the inclusion of the Haughton township, the former area of which now covers the eastern part of the town.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10347385&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain] - Boundaries of Denton with 1894 enlargement shown</ref> The name of Haughton survives as local place names at Haughton Green and Haughton Dale, both in south Denton. Clues to the former township do still exist at Haughton Street, Haughton Hall Road, the Parish [[St Anne's Church, Haughton Green|Church of St. Anne, Haughton Green]], and etched onto an ancient [[boundary marker]] on Broomstair Bridge on the A57 Hyde Road - (CHESHIRE Township of Hyde | Township of Haughton LANCASHIRE). Also in 1894 the enlarged parish became [[Denton Urban District]] in the [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]] of Lancashire.


In 1974 Denton's [[Urban District]] status was abolished and its assets and area were transferred to form part of the new [[Metropolitan Borough]] of Tameside in the [[metropolitan county]] of Greater Manchester.<ref>Arnold-Baker, C., ''Local Government Act 1972'', (1973)</ref>
Some differences among the historians exist that have written on the year in which Puerto Plata was founded. Emilio Rodriguez Demorizi, José August Puig Ortiz, Américo Lugo and Samuel Hazard, they give as good and valid, that you take care of was based it on the 1502 by Nicolas of Ovando; thus they collect it in their main works.


===Twinning===
Other historians vary the date of his foundation: the Full doctor affirms, that was in the 1503. The Dr. Joaquín Marine Incháustegui, in his Dominican history he plant that he was in 1504. The Dr. Manuel Arturo Rock Batlle indicates that Port Silver was founded in 1505.
On [[December 5]], [[1992]], Denton became a [[twin-town]] to [[Montigny-le-Bretonneux|Montigny le Bretonneux]], near [[Paris]], [[France]]. On one side of the town hall, there is a 'French road sign' which was a gift from the Municipal Authority in Montigny and states how far it is to Montigny le Bretonneux from Denton. There is a similar 'English road sign' outside Montigny's Town Hall pointing to Denton.


For ten years the French sign on Denton Town Hall pointed north, implying that Denton's French twin-town is located in the sea somewhere to the west of [[Orkney]]. However, Tameside MBC installed a 'mock' French road sign, pointing left (ie south) in February 2007.
The historians, Alonso Rodriguez Demorizi (brother of Emilio) and Hyacinth Gimbernard, they express that was in the year 1496 and the Spanish Father says that in 1506. The historic informations, on the Silver Port foundation they are inexact.


===Parliamentary representation===
Nicolas of Ovando, above-mentioned to have a port in the northern coast of the island, the origin of its foundation dates near 1502.
Forming part of the [[Denton and Reddish (UK Parliament constituency)|Denton and Reddish parliamentary constituency]], [[Andrew Gwynne]] is Denton's current [[Member of Parliament]]. He was elected in 2005 to represent the Denton and Reddish seat, after long-serving MP [[Andrew Bennett]] retired.
Around 1555, the Puerto Plata's importance had been lost and became one of the places of the Antilles where was practiced the contraband with the pirates and the pirates of the Caribbean.


==Transport==
The Admiral, Christopher Columbus, in its first trip, named the Monte de Plata, the today montaña Isabel de Torres, observed that in its high top always it is foggy that cause they appear it as silver and of low of its mountain, to the edge of the sea, took the port of the name, for which Puerto de Plata was called. A century and middle later and with the use, him was suppressed the preposition of, and Puerto Plata was called simply, like him is known today
One of Denton's claims to fame is that, along with [[Reddish South railway station|Reddish South]], it has the [[Parliamentary train|UK's least frequent train service]], at once per week, in one direction, from Stockport to [[Stalybridge]]. It runs on a Saturday only, and departs from Stockport at 11:28 by request only for Stalybridge, arriving at [[Denton railway station]] at 11:37.


Network Rail, in their Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) for the North West, have proposed closure of Reddish South and Denton railway stations and withdrawal of the remaining passenger service.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} The line itself would remain open for freight and diverted passenger workings. However, a new open-access operator called Grand Union has proposed using the line for services between London and Bradford via the West Coast Main Line, using Guide Bridge railway station as a stop.
The city was designed by the brothers Christopher and Bartolomé Columbus, in the 1496 and based on the year 1502 by Frey Nicolás de Ovando.


There is a campaign, led by MP Andrew Gwynne to re-instate a commuter service using an existing line linking the Stockport-Stalybridge line and the Ashton-Manchester Victoria line. With the support of Tameside and [[Stockport]] Councils and [[GMPTE]], a business case is being drawn up to possibly introduce a train service from Chester to Manchester Victoria via Stockport, Reddish South and Denton stations from the expected 2008 timetable changes. It would take around 20 minutes from Reddish South and 15 minutes from Denton into Manchester, making such a service competitive against other forms of public transport.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
In its first phase of Spanish Colony was respected the main commercial and maritime port of the island. In 1605 it was depopulated and destroyed by order of Fernando III, to avoid the advance of the English piracy and Holland that took as base the north part of the Atlantic one.


Currently, however, there are more frequent bus links to [[Manchester]] city centre and [[Ashton-under-Lyne]] operated by [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]].
A hundred years later, was repopulated again with new inhabitants originating in the Canaries that were mostly farmers. From 1822 to 1844 the city was low Haitian control. Of 1844 on it begins the republican period and the city recovers its maritime and commercial boom.


== Schools==
The city grew under the influence of the European immigration, who they contributed its cultural and social quota; what itself reflection in its inhabitants; who they possessed a culture that distinguished him of the other cities of the country.
===Primary schools===
*Corrie Primary School
*Dane Bank Primary School
*Denton West End Primary School
*Greswell Primary School
*Linden Road Primary School
*Manor Green Primary School
*Russell Scott Primary School
*St. Anne's Primary School
*St. John Fisher RC Primary School
*St. Mary's RC Primary School


*Denton Central (Duke Street) Primary School and ASD ([[autism spectrum disorder]]) Resource Base (now closed)
In 1863, during the period of the War Restorer, the city was set on fire completely, initiating from 1865, the construction of the current Silver Port city. Under the influence of the Victorian architecture considered the most advanced one of its epoch, the Silver Port city is converted to halfway through of the 18th century in a city of great importance by its cultural, social, maritime, and economic development.


===Secondary schools===
==Culture==
*[[Egerton Park Arts College]]
The reports on the celebration of the carnival in the Puerto Plata city, they date from ends of the 19th century, and its festivity with the arrival of Cuban immigrants was enriched at the beginning of the 20th century.
*[[St Thomas More RC College (Denton)|St. Thomas More Roman Catholic College]] (A specialist mathematics and IT college)
*Two Trees Sports College
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== Notable people ==
The central personage is the devil cojuelo, that in Puerto Plata he becomes Taimáscaro, that produces deities Taínas in its masks, with a beautiful suit where elements of the Spanish culture they are symbolized and the African essences, in multicolored tapes in its arms, and all that is complemented with the conches of the Atlantic ocean, as natural elements of identity of the town Puertoplateño.
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Notable people who come from Denton include:


*[[Jimmy Armfield]] [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], England footballer. Freeman of the Borough of [[Blackpool]].
These festivities are celebrated during all the month of February and March, in the avenue of the Jetty and the streets of the city. Where, the people and adult they entertain and they enjoy the parades of disguises, the music, the popular dances and the different demonstrations of the art and the culture represented in the carnival that reflects our cultural identity. Each year the organizers of the carnival, they choose the King Momo, that represents the person of the city that more has fought for maintaining its traditions. 4,2. Victorian architecture The Puerto Plata city is characterized for their architecture in which dominates a Victorian called style, where they converge various architectural styles, giving him a various character to the process of urban development development. Inside this variety is the old style related to the colonial epoch, of which remains as an example the Fortress San Felipe. Another it is the traditional style, originated when the city was founded by immigrant canarios, and of the one that the balconies are inherited, and as an example I live is the bridge of the Guinea, of the year 1879. Then developed the Victorian model, because of the French, Italian, German, English immigrations and other European countries, which began after the War Restorer and had its height to ends of the 19th century and starts of the XX. This style was utilized in dwellings and in buildings destined to social activities. This type of construction gives an own image to the province.


* [[Thomas Bowler]] ([[17 September]] [[1826]] - [[15 September]] [[1893]]) and his uncle: William ([[25 January]] [[1808]] - 1878): Hatters, who were born in Denton and moved to [[Southwark]] in [[London]] around 1840/1, where they became involved in the development of the hat which bears their name. <ref>{{cite book | last = Hopkins | first = Susie | title = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | url = http://www.oxforddnb.com | accessdate = 2006-11-29 | year = 2004 | publisher = Oxford University Press | chapter = Bowler, William | chapterurl = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/articleHL/63532 }}</ref>
Finally, it develops in Puerto Plata a modern architecture, because of the American occupation (1916 and 1924) and continued under it was of Trujillo, based on constructions of blocks and cement. Currently with the tourist boom has developed a new architecture based on the environments.
[[Image:Pop carnival1.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Carnival in the city]]
==Education==
[to publish] Education By the Puerto Plata municipality there they are decollado large and illustrious educators which have left innovative tracks among the ones that can be indicated: Antera Mota, Emilio Prud Homme, Ana Isabel Jiménez, Mercedes Mota, José Dubeau, Isabel Díaz Alejo, Doña Elvia Campillo, Isabel Meyreles, María Concepción Gómez Matos, among others. Currently, the municipality of San Felipe of Puerto Plata counts on 182 Educational Centers of which the 67% corresponds to the public sector and the 39% to the private sector.


*Private [[Albert Hill (VC)|Albert Hill]] who was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for bravery during [[World War I]]. He was also awarded the French [[Croix de Guerre]] and the Russian Cross of St George for his bravery on [[20 July]], [[1916]].
This municipality counts on a total of 29.279 students, of them 1.567 corresponds at the Initial level, 19.395 at the Basic level, 6642 at the Medium level, 1.505 students to the subsystem of adults, 84 students of special education and 86 of the labor school.


*[[Mick Hucknall]], who became the lead singer of [[Simply Red]] lived in Denton and attended [[Audenshaw School]].
Besides the universities fours operation counts on itself that offer different careers of technical and upper degree. Said universities are: Papal Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCAMM), Universidad Dominicana O & M, universidad Tecnológica de Santiago (UTESA) y el Centro Universitario Regional del Atlántico de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (CURA- UASD).


*[[Sir]] [[Geoff Hurst]] the West Ham United and England 1966 World Cup footballer lived in Denton until he was 8-years old. His proud grandfather lived on Cemetery Road until his death.
==Sports==


*[[Brian Statham]], regarded as one of the greatest [[Lancashire CCC|Lancashire]] and [[England national cricket team|England]] [[bowling (cricket)|bowlers]] ever.
From the fifties of the 20th century, the main sports institution of the municipality of San Felipe, has been the League of the Atlantic one, which was founded, August 16, 1958, prompted by Fabio Rafael González. This institution celebrates during all the year activities, main of baseball, years later him was added the basketball, with the time various clubs were incorporated; the Gustavo Behall, the Hugo Kunhard, Juan Luis Plá, among others. Since the 1970, the main activities have been the school events that are celebrated durantes all the year, in its respective dates in which competes in the different disciplines. At present, in Golden Beach, Brugal & Company celebrates periodically the Club Golf Puerto Plata tournament, with the participation of the most noticeable athletes of this discipline, so much at the local level, as national and international.


*[[Brooke Vincent]], Actress for [[Coronation Street]]. Plays [[Sophie Webster]].
==Tourism==
The city is famous for tourist centers as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, located to the east of San Felipe of Puerto Plata. There is a total of 100,000 beds of hotels in the city.


*[[Trevor Fisher]], Denton born, former St Thomas Moore pupil and nurse at Tameside Hospital. During the Asian Tsunami was hailed by many as a hero as he set up a support resource for those who were bereaved or waiting to find lost relatives within an hour of the wave hitting his home in Phuket, Thailand. Was the subject of a very moving BBC documentary Real Story 'The Killer Waves' and was niminated for an OBE by the BBC, the foreign office and the Thai hospital he worked at.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
Puerto Plata is served for the international airport of Gregorio Luperón, situated around 15 kilometers to the east of the city, near the town La Union.
[[Image:P286059-Puerto Plata-Playa Dorada Golf Course.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Playa Dorada golf course]]
===Fort===


== War memorial ==
Main colonial monument of the city of Puerto Plata, since, around her is its history. In the year 1540, Álvaro Caballero went to the cut to request that was done a fortress in Puerto Plata. In 1549 the Archbishop and governing Fuenmayor, him was entrusted its construction, but itself was not done even in the 1560, when the Real Audience ordered charge of the French judge Juan Echagoín to initiate its work. This work was finished in the year 1577. The purpose was to protect the city against the incursions bandits of the corsairs and French and English pirates that continuously terrified inhabitants of Puerto Plata. Its name is in honor of Felipe II, in whose reign was finished to build. In 1980 it is declared National Monument.
There is one main war memorial, or cenotaph, in Denton, located in Victoria Park. This memorial commemorates people from Denton and Haughton who served in two world wars.
[[Image:FortalezaPP.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fortaleza de San Felipe]]
===Ocean World===


The names on the war memorial were collected from their relatives who wrote to the council with details of their loved ones who served in either war. The war memorial was unveiled on [[July 23]], [[1921]].
Water park located in the middle of the reefs of beach Cofresí, in one of the places more charmers of the Dominican Republic. It is constituted in one of the main places of tourist attraction, in the largest and complete park of that nature in the area of the Caribbean. The investment of this project is valued in more than 45 million dollars what includes: a navy for services of yachts, the permanent presence of some 14 dolphins, beach and forests, as well as fishbowls, picturesque and exotic birds tigers of the forest; and at present Hotel and Casino recently inaugurated. Ocean World is located inside a great tourist complex, which forms part of a paradise on the north coast of Dominican Republic. The investor and president of Ocean World, Mr. L. A. Meister, showed great interest in the tourist potential of Puerto Plata, in its first incursions in this city, directed and oriented by Juan Carlos Moral original Owner of the lands of Cofresí.
[[Image:MarinaPP.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ocean World of Puerto Plata]]
===Museums===


Figures from the Denton section of the Tameside council website, state that 3,500 Denton men served in the Great War (1914-1918), of that number, 369 people were killed.
'''Museo del Ámbar''': The business Costa, Inc. A cultural company of family administration, directed by Aldo Costa, founded the Museo del Ámbar Dominicano in the 1982 in the Villa Bentz, (more elegant Hotel of Puerto Plata of the year 1918, built by the famous Spanish architect Marín Gallart and Cantú). This museum is considered the first Museum of the Amber of the Dominican Republic and at the same time, a great historic monument of the city.


== Sport ==
'''La Zona Colonial (Casas Victorianas)''': From the 1857, it is initiated in Puerto Plata. The Victorian style originating from England, call thus, in honor of the Queen Victoria, manager of that epoch. This it extended to almost everyone and was considered it more modern.
Denton is home to three semi-professional [[cricket]] clubs all of which play in the [[Central Lancashire Cricket League|Lancashire County League]].


Denton CC play at Egerton Street. They were league champions in 1994 and 1995 (runners up in 1998) with previous professionals including [[West Indies]] players [[Malcolm Marshall]] and [[Kenneth Benjamin]].
The fundamental characteristics were, the elaboration of the wood in artistic form, for the construction of dwellings. From that moment, Puerto Plata defined clearly their architectural style, evolving to what we have nowadays as our patrimony. The rise and development of that new modality in the art of construction, was what gave start, to the buildings of the Victorian houses of the decade from the 70 of the 19th century. Creating an unique style in the city, which him is known today as Victorian architecture of Puerto Plata.


Denton West CC play at Windsor Park. They have a long history of [[Sri Lanka]]n professionals and the incumbent for 2004 and 2005 was [[Niroshan Bandaratilleke]]. They were league champions in 1996, 1997, 2002 & 2003.
===El Faro===


Denton St Lawrence CC play at Sycamore Park and their 2005 professional was West Indian Ryan Nurse. In July 2005 they won the Walkden Cup for the first time in 30 years defeating [[Flowery Field Cricket Club]].
It built during the government of the General Gregorio Luperón and on the initiative of the important person Puertoplateño as cardinal point and guide of the ships that did crossing by the Atlantic and that they had like destiny the port of the city. The Lighthouse was designed with superpuertas, classical columns and striated to the Doric-Roman way, according to the description of the Dr. José Augusto Puig Ortiz and Robert S. Gamble, in its Architectural Historic trial of Puerto Plata. It has a solid base of masonry and is elevated to 137 feet above sea level. In the year 2000 was submitted to works of restoration and restructuring, what included to renew its structure integrally to re-establish him the showiness of the time of its origins.


==Scenery and environment==
===Teleferico===
Much of Denton used to be rural, until the town's rapid growth from the late 1940s onwards. There are still at least three farms in Denton.


Victoria Park in Denton town centre was set out as a formal recreation space circa 1900. It retains many of its original features, including the listed - and still used - bandstand, floral gardens and bowling greens. The park is very well maintained and has been awarded a Green Flag Park Award consecutively in every year since 2000.
It was inaugurated in 1975, its construction is of Italian origin. Has capacity for 17 people and the time to rise and to descend the mountain is of 8 minutes. It is moved for an electric hydraulic system, conducted by a central operator, situated in the base of its station. This small train, is welcoming; with its walls of glass protected, offers the visitor, a view pan from the city to the extent that descends of the hill which in its top is to a height of 855mts. or 2555 feet above sea level. It is one of the picturesque and most impressive excursions that can obtain a tourist upon visiting our country. The visitors can enjoy a beautiful composed landscape by a garden of 215 tasks, with all the component of the flora of the country. Visiting stores (gift shops) and a beautiful Restaurant with Dominican food. Its administration is composed by a patronage, that maintains it under the conditions of conservation and enjoyment of all the one that visits it.
[[Image:TelefericoPP.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Teleferico]]
===Beaches===


The [[River Tame, Yorkshire|River Tame]] runs through most of Denton, through Jet Amber fields, Glass House Fold, Hulme's Wood, past the Arden Arms public house, towards Reddish Vale and Hyde Hall Farm, and can be seen from the [[M60 motorway]].
With its golden sands surrounded by the great beauty that emanate of its natural landscapes combining the blue color of the water that many times dress of a tone turquoise with the reflections of the sun in the day, and of moon at night. These beaches bring pleasing memories by their landscapes, stones, waves, sand, uveros, almonds, yawls, rowboats, music and dances. Many of them represent all an epoch of daydream and traditions, like they are: La Poza del Castillo, Cofresí, Costámbar, Long Beach, Marapicá, Playa Dorada, Maimón, Bergantín, among others. The beaches are you considered as one of the main tourist attractions of the city.
[[Image:Playa Dorada PP.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Playa Dorada]]


==External Links==
===Churches===
The oldest church in Denton is [[St Lawrence's Church, Denton|St. Lawrence's]]. It is almost 500 years old, originally built in 1531. It is a [[Listed building|listed]] Grade II* building.<ref>{{cite book |author=Mike Nevell |date=1991 |title=Tameside 1066-1700 |publisher=Tameside Metropolitan Borough and [[Manchester University|University of Manchester Archaeological Unit]] |pages=80, 86, 123-4, 136 |isbn=1-871324-02-5}}</ref> The church is also known locally as "Th'owd Peg" (the old peg) due to the fact, as a [[timber framing|timber-framed]] building, it was constructed with wooden pegs rather than nails.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/towns/tameside2.html |author= |title=The Borough of Tameside |publisher= |accessdate=2007-08-31}}</ref> It is more commonly known as the black and white church, because of its appearance. It is also said to have a pirate buried within its grounds because of a grave stone with a skull and crossbones at its front door.
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*[http://www.puertoplata.com.do/english Guide of Puerto Plata]
*[http://www.dominicanwebcams.com Live and timelapse webcam images from Puerto Plata province]
[[Image:ciudadptopta.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Puerto Plata City]]


The magnificent [[Victorian era|Victorian]] St Anne's Church, Haughton Green, is a Grade I listed building, and is built in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] style.<ref>{{cite book |author=Mike Nevell |date=1993 |title=Tameside 1700-1930 |publisher=Tameside Metropolitan Borough and [[Manchester University|University of Manchester Archaeological Unit]] |pages=143 |isbn=1-871324-08-4}}</ref>
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*[http://www.tameside.gov.uk/corpgen/new/dentonmenu.html Tameside Council website] - Section about Denton
*[http://www.crownpointonline.co.uk Crown Point Online] - Online Community for the Crown Point area within Denton
*[http://www.virtual-tameside.net/stlawrences.html Virtual Tameside site] - Information about St. Lawrence's Church
*[http://members.aol.com/dentonhistorysoc/ Denton Local History Society]
*[http://www.dentonmanchester.co.uk Denton Denton Manchester] History, Photographs, Maps and much more.


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Denton
Population34,280 
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Denton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It is six miles (9.6 km) to the east of Manchester City Centre, and has a population of 34,280. This is where Legends such as Seanyboy and Kieran were born lol

Historically part of Lancashire, Denton grew as a significant centre of hat manufacture, though today it is a predominantly residential town.

History

Etymology

Denton probably derives its name from Dane-town, an etymology supported by other place names in the area such as Danehead-bank and Daneditch-bourne.[1] The word 'Dane' is itself derived from Anglo-Saxon denu, dene, daenland, meaning a valley. So literally Denton means valley town.

Prehistory

A Byzantine coin was discovered in Danesheadbank, dating from the sixth or seventh century, as part of the Denton coin hoard.[2] The early medieval linear earthwork Nico Ditch passes through Denton; it was probably used as an administrative boundary and dates from the 8th or 9th centuries. A 300m stretch is still visible on Denton golf course, about 4m wide and 1.5m deep.[3]

Middle Ages

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.[4]

Hat industry

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.[5]

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 the16,428,000 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.[5]

Although the felt hat industry in Denton and Haughton was prosperous and an integral part of the town, working conditions in the factories were not risk free. One of the problems workers faced was mercury poisoning; mercury was used to separate the fur from the rabbit hide and workers were in regular contact with fur impregnated with mercury or exposed to mercury vapour. Inadequate ventilation in some parts of the hat making process led to other sorts of dangers; solvents were used and in 1901 there was an explosion at one of the hat makers in Denton, killing 13 people and injuring many more. The explosion was of vapour from methylated spirits used in the dying process.[5]

Throughout the 19th century and well into the 20th century, a wide range of hats was manufactured to suit all tastes and purses. The names used by the competing manufacturers to describe their products was bewildering and some of these were; felt hats, silk hats, fur hats, wear fur hats, soft hats, stiff hats, velour hats, wool hats, straw hats and, of course, the ubiquitous cloth cap. In the 1930s the ‘Attaboy’ trilby hat was introduced. This brand quickly became famous and it was in production for many years. Ladies’ hats were not forgotten either and at least one works specialised in making these and the hat master’s wife designed them at home. Hats were made for home consumption and for export. The well-known saying, “If you want to get ahead, get a hat” arose in Denton and, needless to say, anyone attending for a job interview not wearing a hat was quickly shown the door. Similarly, until the early 20th century, anyone entering a Denton shop without a hat would receive much cursing. The term, “mad as a hatter” also arose in Denton because the mercury was used in the felting process led to mercury poisoning.

In 2003, the prominent Wilson's Hat Factory on Wilton Street, together with the adjacent mill-workers' houses, other factories, Wilton Street Chapel and Mainstream Studios was demolished to make way for a new retail shopping park 'Crown Point North', part of a major town centre regeneration scheme. The shopping park has attracted the country's first Tesco Homeplus store, together with other major names, such as Bhs, Burton, River Island, TK Maxx, H&M, Boots, Jessops, Clarks, Mothercare and a Zavvi. In March 2007, the final unit opened as a Marks and Spencer Outlet store.

Coal Mining

Denton is situated on the Lancashire coalfield and once had a number of collieries in operation. These included the Ellis Colliery (Which became Denton Colliery), Top Pit, Hard Mine Pit and, further south and near to the river Tame, Hulmes Pit. Much of the coal that they produced was consumed by local industry, there being an abundance of steam powered mills in the area.

Denton Colliery was the largest of these mines and eventually absorbed the other local pits, often using their shafts for ventilation or, in the case of Hulmes Pit, as a pumping station to drain water from the main workings. Denton Colliery was connected to the London & North Western Railway’s line from Guide Bridge to Stockport by a standard gauge tramway. The tramway was worked by steam power, rather than horses, as evidenced by a photograph held in the Tameside Local History Library archives.

In 1926, miners at Denton Colliery joined the national strike against reduced wages and longer working hours. This dispute led to the general strike (May 3rd – 12th, 1926). When the general strike was called off, coal miners stayed out for several more months.

As the strike started to crumble, miners at Denton Colliery remained steadfast, not returning to work until November 5th, 1926[6], some 6 weeks and one day after their colleagues at the nearby Ashton Moss Colliery, the only other significant colliery left in Tameside at that time. They returned to face longer working hours and their pre-strike rates of pay.

Unfortunately, months without maintenance during the strike had taken their toll on many coal mines. Denton Colliery had flooded to the extent that it was no longer workable and the Denton Colliery Co. went into voluntary liquidation in 1929. The headstock was demolished in 1932 and the shaft was finally filled and capped in 1974[7], .

Some traces of Denton Colliery can still be found. The colliery offices, situated on Stockport Road, still stand and are now the showroom of a company of monumental stonemasons. Behind the office building is a small section of wall from the colliery. On the opposite side of the road and slightly nearer to Crown Point is the building that once housed the local mines rescue station, now two private houses. Two miners cottages, much altered and now converted into one house, stand near the junction of Stockport Road and Cemetery Road. The foundations of Hulmes Pit were excavated during the early 1970s and can still be seen. Parts of the track bed of the tramway to Denton Colliery can still be traced, both on modern maps and on the ground, as can traces of a canal, known as the Beat Bank Branch, intended to link local collieries to the Stockport branch of the Ashton Canal at Reddish, which was partially built and then abandoned.

Oldham Batteries

After hatting, the most important industry in Denton was the manufacture of lead-acid batteries by Oldham Batteries (Oldham & Son Ltd). In 1865, Joseph Oldham established a millwright general engineering shop and by 1887 this company was manufacturing machinery for the hat-making industry. Another important industry in the area was coal mining and shortly after 1887 the company began making machinery and equipment for this industry, which included miners’ portable lamps. Up to this time, miners had always used the safety lamp devised in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy (1778 – 1829) but this new battery-powered Davy Lamp lamp eventually replaced the traditional safety lamp.

In 1920, the manufacture of automotive batteries for commercial vehicles, cars and motorcycles commenced and over the years this business expanded into the manufacture of traction batteries, which also included submarine batteries.

Nonetheless, the company never converted exclusively to the manufacture of batteries and they still continued to make machinery for the hatting industry, general engineering equipment, portable lamps and lighting systems as well as helmet-lamps and other related equipment for the mining industry. It also produced attachments for the mechanical handling industry.

Oldham Batteries became a major Denton employer with over 1,000 employees, but by the beginning of 2002 the decision to close the factory had been made. The factory, which used to be off Lime Grove, Denton, is no longer there. It has been demolished, and a planning application for a further town centre retail park has been approved by Tameside Council.

Denton in World War II

Denton was bombed in 1940. The club house at Denton Golf Course was destroyed and several houses on Stockport Road, near Prince Edward Avenue, were either damaged or destroyed. The reason for this was probably the fact that there was an ack-ack gun in the fields at the bottom of Prince Edward Avenue. It provoked retaliation. Henry Beecher Jones was killed; he was standing at the front door of number 235, watching the glow of fire over Manchester. Number 235 was destroyed. Air raids were constant until at least 1942.

Governance

Civic history

Denton was originally one of the townships of the ancient parish of Manchester in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire. In 1866 it became a civil parish in its own right.[8] The parish was expanded in 1894 by the inclusion of the Haughton township, the former area of which now covers the eastern part of the town.[9] The name of Haughton survives as local place names at Haughton Green and Haughton Dale, both in south Denton. Clues to the former township do still exist at Haughton Street, Haughton Hall Road, the Parish Church of St. Anne, Haughton Green, and etched onto an ancient boundary marker on Broomstair Bridge on the A57 Hyde Road - (CHESHIRE Township of Hyde | Township of Haughton LANCASHIRE). Also in 1894 the enlarged parish became Denton Urban District in the administrative county of Lancashire.

In 1974 Denton's Urban District status was abolished and its assets and area were transferred to form part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.[10]

Twinning

On December 5, 1992, Denton became a twin-town to Montigny le Bretonneux, near Paris, France. On one side of the town hall, there is a 'French road sign' which was a gift from the Municipal Authority in Montigny and states how far it is to Montigny le Bretonneux from Denton. There is a similar 'English road sign' outside Montigny's Town Hall pointing to Denton.

For ten years the French sign on Denton Town Hall pointed north, implying that Denton's French twin-town is located in the sea somewhere to the west of Orkney. However, Tameside MBC installed a 'mock' French road sign, pointing left (ie south) in February 2007.

Parliamentary representation

Forming part of the Denton and Reddish parliamentary constituency, Andrew Gwynne is Denton's current Member of Parliament. He was elected in 2005 to represent the Denton and Reddish seat, after long-serving MP Andrew Bennett retired.

Transport

One of Denton's claims to fame is that, along with Reddish South, it has the UK's least frequent train service, at once per week, in one direction, from Stockport to Stalybridge. It runs on a Saturday only, and departs from Stockport at 11:28 by request only for Stalybridge, arriving at Denton railway station at 11:37.

Network Rail, in their Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) for the North West, have proposed closure of Reddish South and Denton railway stations and withdrawal of the remaining passenger service.[citation needed] The line itself would remain open for freight and diverted passenger workings. However, a new open-access operator called Grand Union has proposed using the line for services between London and Bradford via the West Coast Main Line, using Guide Bridge railway station as a stop.

There is a campaign, led by MP Andrew Gwynne to re-instate a commuter service using an existing line linking the Stockport-Stalybridge line and the Ashton-Manchester Victoria line. With the support of Tameside and Stockport Councils and GMPTE, a business case is being drawn up to possibly introduce a train service from Chester to Manchester Victoria via Stockport, Reddish South and Denton stations from the expected 2008 timetable changes. It would take around 20 minutes from Reddish South and 15 minutes from Denton into Manchester, making such a service competitive against other forms of public transport.[citation needed]

Currently, however, there are more frequent bus links to Manchester city centre and Ashton-under-Lyne operated by Stagecoach.

Schools

Primary schools

  • Corrie Primary School
  • Dane Bank Primary School
  • Denton West End Primary School
  • Greswell Primary School
  • Linden Road Primary School
  • Manor Green Primary School
  • Russell Scott Primary School
  • St. Anne's Primary School
  • St. John Fisher RC Primary School
  • St. Mary's RC Primary School

Secondary schools

Notable people

Notable people who come from Denton include:

  • Sir Geoff Hurst the West Ham United and England 1966 World Cup footballer lived in Denton until he was 8-years old. His proud grandfather lived on Cemetery Road until his death.
  • Trevor Fisher, Denton born, former St Thomas Moore pupil and nurse at Tameside Hospital. During the Asian Tsunami was hailed by many as a hero as he set up a support resource for those who were bereaved or waiting to find lost relatives within an hour of the wave hitting his home in Phuket, Thailand. Was the subject of a very moving BBC documentary Real Story 'The Killer Waves' and was niminated for an OBE by the BBC, the foreign office and the Thai hospital he worked at.[citation needed]

War memorial

There is one main war memorial, or cenotaph, in Denton, located in Victoria Park. This memorial commemorates people from Denton and Haughton who served in two world wars.

The names on the war memorial were collected from their relatives who wrote to the council with details of their loved ones who served in either war. The war memorial was unveiled on July 23, 1921.

Figures from the Denton section of the Tameside council website, state that 3,500 Denton men served in the Great War (1914-1918), of that number, 369 people were killed.

Sport

Denton is home to three semi-professional cricket clubs all of which play in the Lancashire County League.

Denton CC play at Egerton Street. They were league champions in 1994 and 1995 (runners up in 1998) with previous professionals including West Indies players Malcolm Marshall and Kenneth Benjamin.

Denton West CC play at Windsor Park. They have a long history of Sri Lankan professionals and the incumbent for 2004 and 2005 was Niroshan Bandaratilleke. They were league champions in 1996, 1997, 2002 & 2003.

Denton St Lawrence CC play at Sycamore Park and their 2005 professional was West Indian Ryan Nurse. In July 2005 they won the Walkden Cup for the first time in 30 years defeating Flowery Field Cricket Club.

Scenery and environment

Much of Denton used to be rural, until the town's rapid growth from the late 1940s onwards. There are still at least three farms in Denton.

Victoria Park in Denton town centre was set out as a formal recreation space circa 1900. It retains many of its original features, including the listed - and still used - bandstand, floral gardens and bowling greens. The park is very well maintained and has been awarded a Green Flag Park Award consecutively in every year since 2000.

The River Tame runs through most of Denton, through Jet Amber fields, Glass House Fold, Hulme's Wood, past the Arden Arms public house, towards Reddish Vale and Hyde Hall Farm, and can be seen from the M60 motorway.

Churches

The oldest church in Denton is St. Lawrence's. It is almost 500 years old, originally built in 1531. It is a listed Grade II* building.[12] The church is also known locally as "Th'owd Peg" (the old peg) due to the fact, as a timber-framed building, it was constructed with wooden pegs rather than nails.[13] It is more commonly known as the black and white church, because of its appearance. It is also said to have a pirate buried within its grounds because of a grave stone with a skull and crossbones at its front door.

The magnificent Victorian St Anne's Church, Haughton Green, is a Grade I listed building, and is built in the Gothic Revival style.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Denby - Denton, West". British History Online. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2007-04-22.
  2. ^ Mike Nevell (1992). Tameside Before 1066. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. p. 76. ISBN 1-871324-07-6.
  3. ^ Mike Nevell (1998). Lands and Lordships in Tameside. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council with the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. pp. 40–41. ISBN 1-871324-18-1.
  4. ^ Sussex & Helm (1988). Looking Back at Withington and Didsbury. Willow. p. 45. ISBN 0-946361-25-8.
  5. ^ a b c Mike Nevell, Brian Grimsditch and Ivan Hradil (2007). Denton and the Archaeology of the Felt Hatting Industry. Tameside Metropolitan Borough and University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. pp. 26, 29–32, 40, 74–76. ISBN 1-871324-36-X.
  6. ^ C. Wilkins-Jones, Tameside, Tameside Metropolitan Libaries Committee, 1978
  7. ^ C. Wilkins-Jones, Tameside, Tameside Metropolitan Libaries Committee, 1978
  8. ^ Vision of Britain - Denton unit history
  9. ^ Vision of Britain - Boundaries of Denton with 1894 enlargement shown
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