In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and 
Wales described Denton like this: 

"DENTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Grantham 
district, Lincoln. The village stands on the Salter's Roman road, near the 
Grantham canal and the boundary with Leicester, 3¾ miles S of Sedgebrook r.
station, and 4 SW of Grantham; and has a post office under Grantham. The
parish comprises 2, 600 acres. Real property, £4, 553. Pop., 637. Houses,
125. Denton Hall, the seat of the Welby family, is an elegant mansion,
mainly rebuilt in 1817; and occupies a commanding site, amid finely wooded
grounds. There are a mineral spring and three fish-ponds. A Roman
tesselated pavement, 30 feet square, was found in 1727. The living is a
rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £756.* Patron, the Bishop of
Lincoln. The church has a fine tower; and contains monuments of the Welbys
and the Williamses. An almshouse has £19 from endowment; and other
charities £82."