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Dent (Lonsdale)
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| Dent | |
  Dent shown within Cumbria |
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| Population | 675 (Parish) |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| District | South Lakeland |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cumbria | |
Dent is a small village nestling in a narrow valley on the western slopes of the Pennines. Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Now, although it still lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, for local government purposes it is within Cumbria. It is about four miles (6 km) south east of Sedbergh and about eight miles (13 km) north east of Kirkby Lonsdale.
The valley in which it lies is called Dentdale but the river is the River Dee, a tributary of the River Lune.
The Dent Brewery is an independent, microbrewery in Cowgill just above Dent.
Dent hosts the Dent Folk Festival annually on the last weekend in June. See Dent Folk Festival website
It was also the birthplace of the famous geologist, Adam Sedgwick.
Dent railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Railway is about four miles (approx. 6 km) above the village at Denthead. Nearby, the railway goes over a splendid viaduct.
David Nash Ford has suggested that the name of the village derives from Dunoting, denoting a sub-Roman kingdom in the northern Pennines ruled by Dunod Fawr[1].
- ^ King Dunaut Bwr, David Nash Ford's Early British Kingdoms. Retrieved 12 September 2006.
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