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    Donnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county of...
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    It contains a ruined medieval castle and a Strawberry Hill Gothic mansion. Donnington Castle, a ruined medieval castle of some historical significance...
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    John Boys (Royalist) (category People from Shaw-cum-Donnington)
    (1607 – 8 October 1664) is best known as the Royalist Governor of Donnington Castle in Berkshire during the English Civil War. Boys was born in at Bonnington...
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  • Donnington may refer to: Donnington, Berkshire Donnington Castle Donnington, Gloucestershire Donnington, Herefordshire Donnington, Oxfordshire, a suburb...
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    to relieve several garrisons (including Banbury, Basing House and Donnington Castle, near Newbury), which had been isolated while he had been campaigning...
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    Hampshire–Berkshire county boundary. In the suburban village of Donnington lies the part-ruined Donnington Castle and the surrounding hills are home to some of the...
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    Castle Donington is a market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, on the edge of the National Forest and close to East Midlands Airport. The...
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  • parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington, near Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. It is overlooked by Donnington Castle. Donnington Grove was built in...
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  • Andrew Parker Bowles (category People from Shaw-cum-Donnington)
    1939 as the eldest of four children to Derek Henry Parker Bowles of Donnington Castle House in Berkshire, who was a great-grandson of Thomas Parker, 6th...
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    The Castle Donington line also known as Weston On Trent Branch Railway is a railway line in Derbyshire, England, that runs between Stenson Junction in...
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    to Newbury generally follows the River Lambourn from Lambourn to Donnington Castle, in many places using the embankments of the old Lambourn Valley Railway...
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    left to right Top: Newbury Town Hall Middle: Theale High Street and Donnington Castle Bottom: St Mary's Church, Thatcham and Combe Gibbet near Gallows Down...
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    Common in 1643, and the Second Battle of Newbury, at Speen in 1644. Donnington Castle was reduced to a ruin in the aftermath of the second battle. Another...
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    (1881). The First and Second Battles of Newbury and the Siege of Donnington Castle During the Civil War, A.D. 1643-6. Simpkin, Marshall and co. Retrieved...
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    (1884). The first and second battles of Newbury and the siege of Donnington Castle during the Civil War, 1643–6. Simpkin, Marshall. O'Siochru, Michael...
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    2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Donnington Castle" Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Windsor Castle" Archived 2012-01-27 at the Wayback...
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  • Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950. Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period...
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    wounded men, the Royalists left 200 infantry, 25 cavalry and 4 guns in Donnington Castle to defend their rear and then marched to Oxford, having buried their...
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    Cavalry and the Southern Association headed across the river and toward Donnington Castle in the West. The regiment was part of the first attack on the King's...
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  • Richard Abberbury the Elder (category People from Shaw-cum-Donnington)
    turn his manor at Donnington into a fortified castle, to become known as Donnington Castle. In 1393, Sir Richard founded the Donnington Hospital charity...
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  • "Donnington Castle: a quadrangular castle and 17th century fieldwork". Historic England. Retrieved 4 February 2023. "History of Donnington Castle". English...
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  • Castle Donnington is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 10 km from Swan Hill, Victoria. "2016 Castle Donnington, Census All persons...
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    Winterbourne and the surrounding area had an eventful Civil War. Donnington Castle was damaged by cannon; the First and Second Battles of Newbury were...
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    Stables. On 9 November 1644 King Charles and the Royalist Army relieved Donnington Castle in the face of the Army of the Eastern Association led by the Earl...
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    near the villages of Speen, Donnington, Boxford, and Winterbourne, as well as the hamlet of Honey Bottom. Donnington Castle, a significant site in the...
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    At Second Newbury on 27 October, the Royalists lifted the siege of Donnington Castle, and Charles re-entered Oxford. In military terms, by the end of 1644...
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    Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk (category People from Shaw-cum-Donnington)
    The couple lived briefly at Donnington Castle, but Sir John died within a year. Sir John, also titled Lord Donnington, had married Maud, the widow of...
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    At Second Newbury on 27 October, the Royalists lifted the siege of Donnington Castle; lack of co-ordination among the Parliamentary forces under Waller...
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    the garrison was removed from Farnham to form a brigade to besiege Donnington Castle near Newbury. The King surrendered shortly afterwards at Newark and...
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    commander-in-chief, under Colonel Dalbier, of the infantry at the siege of Donnington Castle." (Barber 2008) Stroud 2002, p. 90. Hibbert 1993, p. 124. "There is...
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