Dent, Cumbria :: The British Place Names Website

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Dent is a village in Cumbria

Other current and historical names

Dent The
Dentdale
The Dent

Parish/Community: Dent
District/Borough: South Lakeland
County: Cumbria
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°16'38"N 2°27'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 370527, 486947
OS Grid: SD705869
Mapcode Local: GBR CL9Z.HG
Mapcode Global: WH94C.8RLB

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Dent within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Dent in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Dent.-- township and vil., Sedbergh par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Dent, 15 miles NW. of Settle and 260 NW. of London, 20,890 ac., pop. 1209; P.O. Market-day, Friday; near the vil. is Dent Crag, or County Stone, where the counties of York, Westmorland, and Lancaster meet.