Donnington and Muxton is a

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Telford and Wrekin Telford and Wrekin is a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called the Wrekin, named after The Wrekin, a prominent hill to the ...

unitary area, in the

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, England. The parish includes the villages of Donnington and Muxton, and part of the area known as The Humbers. The parish is to the north east of

Telford Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern b ...

town centre, and its eastern boundary is the county boundary with

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.The A518 road crosses the northern part of the parish, and the

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, the ancient

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, forms its southern boundary. In 2021 the parish had a population of 13,950. It has a parish council, the lowest level of local government in England. There are 13 councillors representing four wards: Donnington East ward elects one councillor, Donnington West ward two, Muxton ward five and The Humbers ward one. The parish was formed on 1 April 2015 when the former parish of Lilleshall, Donnington and Muxton was divided, forming this parish and the parish of

Lilleshall Lilleshall is a village and civil parish in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England. It lies between the towns of Telford and Newport, on the A518, in the Wrekin constituency. There is one school in the centre of the village. ...

. there are 13

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s in the parish, all at grade II, and five

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which include Roman remains, part of the context of the Augustinian Lilleshall Abbey (the grade I listed abbey itself being in Lilleshall parish), and two colliery sites. ''Enter the parish name in "Parish (Civil/Non-Civil)" to see listing.''

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Donnington and Muxton parish council website
Civil parishes in Shropshire 2015 establishments in England Telford and Wrekin {{Shropshire-geo-stub

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