Talk:Castle Donington

January 2007
Tom Stephens (Tom Chambers)

Possible copyright violations in 'Local History' section
I removed a large portion of text that was copied and pasted from the "A little bit of history..." section of the Castle Donington website. There is a copyright statement on the website of Website Designed by Kathryn Michaud - Copyright 2005-2007, so this appears to not be public domain material. -Gwguffey (talk) 05:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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Town or village?
The article can't make up its mind.

Lead:
 * Castle Donington is a market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England

History:
 * The population did not recover to the same level until a century later when in 1950 over 3,000 people are recorded as living in the village.
 * The former RAF Castle Donington, to the south of the village

Education:
 * Castle Donington has three primary schools, St Edwards, Foxbridge, and Orchard, the latter serving the majority of the children of the town. Castle Donington College, which welcomed KS4 for the first time in 2017, takes students from ages 11–16 and is the village's only secondary school.

Media:
 * The town is served by the local newspapers, Leicester Mercury and Derby Telegraph

Transport and housing:
 * The town is a mix of the old and new
 * The town has no rail station, but East Midlands Parkway opened early in 2008
 * In 1868 the Midland Railway opened the Castle Donington Line, which included Castle Donington and Shardlow railway station, on the northern edge of the town.

Economy:
 * Donington Park motor racing circuit is located to the south west of the village.

Sport clubs:
 * Castle Donington Town Football Club, who won the Leicestershire County Cup in the 2005–06 season.
 * Castle Donington Town Cricket Club an English amateur cricket club, situated on the Moira Dale Recreation Ground, east of the town.

So as you see, it's a mess. Maybe Castle Donington was a village at the time of the first statement quoted in History, even if it's a town now. But elsewhere, it seems to be referring to it as a village in the present.

I furthermore note that this isn't listed on List of towns in England, but I'm not sure that we can leap to any conclusions from this or what the authoritative source is.

Can anyone set the record straight? Or even better, find a source that'll give us a definitive answer? — Smjg (talk) 00:26, 5 December 2023 (UTC)