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 counties of England|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 of England|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 [[mail|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.
==People with the surname of Donisthorp(e)==
'''Donisthorpe''' is the surname of:
*[[Horace Donisthorpe]], British [[myrmecology|myrmecologist]]
*[[Richard Donisthorp]]e, (fl [[1797]]), [[clockmaker]], member of the Donisthorp(e) family of [[Leicestershire]] clockmakers.
*[[Wordsworth Donisthorpe]], British barrister and pioneer of film
== External links ==
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Donisthorpe/ GENUKI page]
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[[Category:Villages in Leicestershire]]
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