Donnington Wood


Donnington Wood is a suburb of Donnington in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial [counties of England|ceremonial county] of Shropshire, England.
First-class cricketer and coal miner Enoch Tranter, player for Lancashire [County Cricket Club|Lancashire], died at Donnington Wood.
Jockey Sir Gordon Richards was born in Donnington Wood at Ivy Row, part of a new demolished row of cottages on whose site are the apartment blocks 'Gordon House' and 'Richards House'. A local pub in nearby Donnington was named after him: "The Champion Jockey". This was replaced firstly by a Netto supermarket which itself in 2011 became a Morrisons' supermarket, which then turned into a Home Bargains shop in 2015.