Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DONNINGTON

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Donnington Parish       Westhampnett Poor Law Union/Registration District       Sussex Ancient County
Place: Donnington

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