| East Denton | |
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_Hadrian%2527s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_837908.jpg) A fragment ofHadrian's Wall | |
  East Denton Location withinTyne and Wear | |
| OS grid reference | NZ2065 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE5 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
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East Denton is an area in the city ofNewcastle upon Tyne in the county ofTyne and Wear, England. Until 1974 it was inNorthumberland.
East Denton Hall, dating from 1622,[1] was in the 18th century the seat of the prominent Montagu family.Elizabeth Montagu, the cultural critic and founder of theBlue Stockings Society, spent some time there. To the east of the Hall a waggonway led from the Caroline Pit to the coal staithes by the river Tyne inScotswood.[2] Bishop's House, East Denton Hall, to give it its formal name, is now theofficial residence of the Roman CatholicBishop of Hexham and Newcastle.
East Denton was formerly atownship in the parish ofNewburn,[3] in 1866 East Denton became a separatecivil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Newburn and Newcastle upon Tyne.[4] In 1911 the parish had a population of 27,049.[5] It is now in theunparished area of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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