Donisthorpe 327288 220112562 2008-06-18T10:01:06Z Masamunemaniac 2494769 that bit is both unencyclopaedic and wasn't added this year anyway '''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] * {{oscoor gbx|SK315145}} {{coor title d|52.72723|N|1.53501|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SK315145)}}<!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref --> [[Category:Villages in Leicestershire]] [[Category:Surnames]]