Donisthorpe
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Donisthorpe is a village in the East Midlands of England, administered as part of the Leicestershire district of North West Leicestershire.
The historic county boundary between Leicestershire and Derbyshire is the River Mease, which runs through the village, with the village centre being on the southern (Derbyshire side), forming part of an exclave of Derbyshire.
When administrative counties were set up, this exclave was considered to be part of Leicestershire.
The Derbyshire town of Swadlincote is usually given as the nearest town for the purposes of the postal service.
The railway came to Donisthorpe 1873 in the guise of the Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Railway, see The Battlefield Line Railway (the last existing section of the ANJR)for more details.
Donisthorpe is a village. It has a church, no shops, 3 pubs and DM's. DM's is the Miners' Welfare Centre, which was closed during 2005 and is hopefully opening again later this year.
[edit] People with the surname of Donisthorp(e)
Donisthorpe is the surname of:
- Horace Donisthorpe, British myrmecologist
- Richard Donisthorpe, (fl 1797), clockmaker, member of the Donisthorp(e) family of Leicestershire clockmakers.
- Wordsworth Donisthorpe, British barrister and pioneer of film
[edit] External links
- GENUKI page
- Map sources for Donisthorpe
