According to GenUKI:
Deposited Registers (CRO, Kendal) (Cumbria Record Office)
Baptisms: 1611-1992
Marriages: 1611-1954
Burials: 1611-1942
"DENT, a market town in the parish of Sedbergh, in the wapentake of Ewcross; 5 miles SE. of Sedbergh, 8 from Kirby Lonsdale, (Westmorland.) 11½ from Hawes, 16½ from Askrigg, 2½ from Settle, 59 from York, 266 from London. Market, Friday. Fairs, 1st Friday after February 13, and every fortnight until May 12, for horned cattle, &c. Pop. 1,782. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Kirby Lonsdale, value, p.r. !£102. 10s. Patrons, 24 Sidesmen."