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Donisthorpe
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Donisthorpe is a village in the civil parish of Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford, in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, historically an exclave of Derbyshire.
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- Locality
- North West Leicestershire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,886
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford
- Image
- The Turks Head public house, Donisthorpe, Leicestershire.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01530
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- Commons category
- Donisthorpe
- postal code
- DE12
- OS grid reference
- SK313140
- different from
- Horace Donisthorpe
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Donisthorpe is a village in the civil parish of Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford, in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, historically an exclave of Derbyshire.
== History == In 1086 Donisthorpe was part of the land given to Nigel of Stafford by William the Conqueror. It was then known as "Durandestorp" which has been interpreted as 'the outlying settlement associated with Durand'.
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