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DONINGTON, a township in Lilleshall parish, Salop: on the Shropshire Union railway, and the Marquis of Stafford's canal, 3½ miles SW of Newport. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Newport, Salop. Pop., 2, 757. Barracks are here; and coal and iron are worked. See Donington-Wood.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Lilleshall CP/AP Shropshire AncC Staffordshire AncC |
Place: | Donnington |
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