Where is Denton Hall, Wharfedale?

Denton Hall, Wharfedale is in Yorkshire & the Humber, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.9340°, -1.7765°.

Gardens · Yorkshire & the Humber

Denton Hall, Wharfedale

Denton Hall, Wharfedale — a garden in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

Denton Hall, Wharfedale is a garden of interest in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Denton Hall is an English country house located to the north of the River Wharfe, at Denton, North Yorkshire, England between Otley and Ilkley, and set within a larger Denton estate of about 2,500 acres (1,000 ha), including a village, church, and landscaped gardens. It is a Grade I listed building.

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Background

History

The written history of Denton goes back to at least 1253, when the then-owner, one Athelstan (not to be confused with the king of that name), made the estate over to the See of York, which already owned manorial rights in nearby Otley. At the time of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Denton Hall had repute as housing one of the best libraries in Yorkshire (some of which later made up a part of the Thoresby Museum; others, including the Dodsworth manuscripts made their way to the Bodleian Library at Oxford). Denton was the birthplace and seat of Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, famous as a general and commander-in-chief during the English Civil War. It is said that the…

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