OS grid reference SJ580078 Country England Post town SHREWSBURY Local time Friday 10:46 AM Civil parish Wroxeter and Uppington UK parliament constituency Shrewsbury and Atcham | Region West Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district SY5 Dialling code 01952 Ceremonial county Shropshire | |
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Donnington is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire. It forms part of the civil parish of Wroxeter and Uppington.
Map of Donnington, Shrewsbury, UK
It lies near to Charlton Hill, which rises to 469 feet (143 m) above sea level.
The hamlet contained a now defunct 'free grammar school' under patronage of the Newport family during the 17th and 18th centuries whose pupils included Royalist divine Richard Allestree and Puritan divine Richard Baxter, the latter of whom taught at the school for three months. Welsh poet Goronwy Owen was master at the school as well as curate at Uppington, from 1748 to 1753.
References
Donnington, Shropshire Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA