DENTON

 A small village, just the Canterbury side of Hawkinge, which was one of the 'Battle Of Britain' fighter airfields during WWII. 

To the southwest of the village is the Grade II* listed Jacobean timber framed Tappington (or Tappington-Everard) Hall which dates to the 16th century. The house is where the cleric Richard Barham (1788–1845), under the pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, wrote The Ingoldsby Legends. This is a collection of old stories told to him by his Kentish Parishioners, with a fictional twist.

Field Marshal Lord Kitchener was created Baron Denton, of Denton in the County of Kent, on 27 July 1914.

The Jackdaw is best known for featuring in the film 'Battle Of Britain', and it was used as it was the most notable pub near Hawkinge airfield, where the filming was centred. However, the pub was originally called The Red Lion, and only became the Jackdaw in 1962 because Whitbreads felt there were too many other Red Lions in the area. The Jackdaw name originates from the 'Jackdaw Of Rheims' in the Ingoldsby Legends, penned by local author, the Rev. Barham. The building itself dates back to 1645

Directly opposite the Jackdaw, is a small triangular green, upon which stands a stone memorial to the local men killed in the war