In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Donnington like this:
DONNINGTON, a parish in Ledbury district, Hereford; under the Malvern hills, at the boundary with Gloucester, 2¼ miles S of Ledbury town and r. station. Post town, Ledbury. Acres, 808. Real property, £1, 566. Pop., 105. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £209.* Patron, R. Webb, Esq. The church is old but good; and has a wooden tower.
Donnington through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Donnington in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2426
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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