Donington

Other current and historical names

Donitone
Albrighton

Built-Up Area: Albrighton
Parish/Community: Donington
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'16"N 2°16'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 381500, 304500
OS Grid: SJ815045
Mapcode Local: GBR 07B.MNZ
Mapcode Global: WHBFJ.1Y1K

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Donington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Donington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Donington, par., S. Shropshire, 4½ miles SE. of Shifnal, 2641 ac., pop. 393.

Donington in the Domesday Book

A village in Alnodestreu hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £9 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 female slaves; 8 ploughmen
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (14 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 league
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 5 salthouses

British Place Names

Donington, Shropshire

Donington is a settlement in Albrighton, Shropshire

Donington in historic gazetteers

Donington in the Domesday Book