1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Denton

DENTON, an urban district in the Gorton parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, 41/2 m. N.E. from Stockport, on the London & North-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 14,934. In the township are reservoirs for the water supply of Manchester, with a capacity of 1,860,000,000 gallons. The manufacture of felt hats is the leading industry. Coal is extensively mined in the district.