East Denton

East Denton is an area in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland.

East Denton
A fragment of Hadrian's Wall
East Denton Location within Tyne and Wear
OS grid reference	NZ2065
Metropolitan borough	Newcastle upon Tyne
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
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	Newcastle upon Tyne North
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 54.983°N 1.686°W / 54.983; -1.686

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 the Blue 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 in Scotswood.^[2] Bishops House, East Denton Hall, to give it its formal name, was the official residence of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle until 2020, when it was sold.^[3]

Denton Hall - geograph.org.uk - 103155

History

East Denton was formerly a township in the parish of Newburn,^[4] in 1866 East Denton became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Newburn and Newcastle upon Tyne.^[5] In 1911 the parish had a population of 27,049.^[6] It is now in the unparished area of Newcastle upon Tyne.