Denton Holme is an inner city district inCarlisle,Cumbria, England.[1][2] The population of this ward was 6,383, according to the2011 census.[3]
Denton Holme is usually regarded as a "village within the city" and is situated to the immediate south west of the city centre on the western bank of theRiver Caldew. A man-made stream or mill race known as the Little Caldew flows through and underneath the area.
Today it is mostly a residential area, but in the nineteenth century and most of the twentieth century, along with the neighbouring districts of Caldewgate and Wapping, it was Carlisle's main industrial district with many textilemills, engineering works and other factories such as car seat manufacturers and confectioners. Very few factories remain today, although the last mill, Ferguson Brothers, owned byCoats Viyella, at Holme Head, only closed in the 1990s.
Most of the housing is red-brickterraced, and a few arelisted buildings, such as Bridge Terrace, built in the 1850s.[4] Many side streets are still cobbled rather than tarmacked, although some new housing has been built recently, and some former factories have been converted into flats.
The main street, Denton Street, has many small shops and other businesses, including abingo hall and a branch of theCumberland Building Society, which closed in 2024. There was also acinema in the suburb located in what is now the Bingo hall.
There is aprimary school at Holme Head, built by and named afterRobert Ferguson, and the former Morley Street School has been converted into apublic library.
Four churches are in Denton Holme: the Church of England Parish Church, St James, Carlisle Christian Fellowship, and The Lighthouse Baptist Church.
AtShaddon Mill, on the boundary of Denton Holme and Caldewgate, stands a very tallchimney which was once the tallest in theUK. This structure, known as "Dixon's Chimney," is now slightly short of its original height, has recently been restored, and is a well-known local landmark. It is named after its first owner, Peter Dixon, who built the mill in 1835–6. The architect was Richard Tattersall.
Labour Member of ParliamentJulie Minns, elected as the first female MP forCarlisle at the2024 UK general election, was born in the district.[5]
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