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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Donnington like this:
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.
Donnington is now part of TELFORD AND WREKIN Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how TELFORD AND WREKIN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Donnington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Donnington, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25311
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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