Donnington is a small village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

Chichester Chichester () is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. It is the only ci ...

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, England. The village lies on the B2201 road, two miles (3 km) south of

. The northern part of the parish comprises the Stockbridge area of the City of

. The village lies on the

Chichester Canal The Chichester Canal is a canal in England navigable save for its middle. Its course is essentially intact, from the sea at Birdham on Chichester Harbour to Chichester through two locks. The canal (originally part of the Portsmouth and Arunde ...

. The parish is also home to the Sussex Falconry Centre.

Governance

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of the same name exists. This ward includes

Appledram Apuldram or Appledram is a small parish on the northeastern upper reach of Chichester Harbour about two miles (3 km) south-west of the centre of Chichester in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey S ...

, and at the 2011 census had a population of 2,228.

History

Donnington is listed in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

of 1086 in the Hundred of Stockbridge as having 21 households.

References

External links

Sussex Falconry Centre
Villages in West Sussex {{WestSussex-geo-stub