Place:Donnington, Sussex, England

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NameDonnington
TypeParish
Coordinates50.813°N 0.789°W
Located inSussex, England
Also located inWest Sussex, England     (1865 - )
See alsoChichester Rape, Sussex, Englandrape in which it was located
Box and Stockbridge Hundred, Sussex, Englandhundred in which it was located
Westhampnett Rural, Sussex, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1933
Chichester, Sussex, Englandmunicipal borough to which part was joined 1933-1974
Chichester Rural, Sussex, Englandrural district to which part was joined 1933-1974
Chichester District, West Sussex, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Donnington is a small village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. The village lies on the B2201 road, two miles (3 km) south of the centre of Chichester. The northern part of the parish was absorbed into the Municipal Borough of Chichester in 1933 and now comprises the Stockbridge area of the City of Chichester. The village lies on the Chichester Canal.

With Applesdram it comprises an electoral ward in Chichester District. The ward has an area of 4.52 km2 (1.75 sq mi) and a population of 2,228 at the 2011 UK census. The population of the Donnington parish was 2059.

Research Tips

  • The West Sussex Record Office is located in Chichester. Because it holds the records of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, which covers the whole of Sussex, it has church records relating to both parts of Sussex.
  • An on-line catalogue for some of the collections held by the West Sussex Record Office is available under the Access to Archives (A2A) project (a nationwide facility housed at The National Archives, Kew).
  • West Sussex Past - database of 2 million records from West Sussex heritage organizations.
  • The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies' Sussex Collection (PDF). This is a 9-page PDF naming the files relating to Sussex in their collection-a possible first step in a course of research.
  • The National Library of Scotland has a website which provides maps taken from the Ordnance Survey England & Wales One-Inch to the Mile series of 1892-1908 as well as equivalent maps for Scotland itself. The immediate presentation is a "help" screen and a place selection screen prompting the entry of a location down to town, village or parish level. These screens can be removed by a click of the "X". The map is very clear and shows parish and county boundaries and many large buildings and estates that existed at the turn of the 20th century. Magnification can be adjusted and an "overlay feature" allows inspection of the area today along with that of 1900. The specific map from the series can be viewed as a whole ("View this map") and this allows the inspection of the map legend (found in the left hand bottom corner. Becoming familiar with the various facilities of these maps is well worth the trouble.
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