In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Donnington like this:
DONNINGTON, a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; on the Arundel and Portsmouth canal, adjacent to the South Coast railway, 1¼ mile S of Chichester. Post town, Chichester. Acres, 1, 029. Real property, £2, 383. Pop., 188. Houses, 35. Most of the property is in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £284.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is early English, in very good condition; and has a tower.
Donnington through time
Donnington is now part of Chichester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chichester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Donnington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Donnington, in Chichester and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8331
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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