Donington, Lincolnshire
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| Population | 2,805 (2011 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | TF212355 |
| – London | 100 S |
| Civil parish | Donington |
| District | South Holland |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Spalding |
| Postcode district | PE11 |
| Dialling code | 01775 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | South Holland and The Deepings |
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Donington is a large village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 8 miles (13 km) north from the market town of Spalding on the A152, and is bypassed by the A52. The parish includes the hamlet of Northorpe,[2] and falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board.[3] Donington is the birthplace of the explorer Matthew Flinders.
Governance
Donington is part of the electoral ward named Donington, Quadring and Gosberton within the South Holland district of Lincolnshire. The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 7,102.[4]
Community
The village has one public house, The Black Bull. There is also a Coop and a Costcutter in the Market Place. Though Donington is on an operating passenger rail line with stopping services it has no station, and there has been no campaign to reopen the closed station, though in 2008 Hull Trains proposed reopening as a railhead to nearby Boston for a direct Lincoln to London service.
Donington has football teams for two age groups: Old Doningtonians for over eighteens, and Young Dons (established in 1996) for anyone under that age; Old Dons play in the Saturday Boston League and Young Dons on a Sunday in the Mid-Lincolnshire Junior League.
Landmarks
Donington Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary and the Holy Rood.[5] The church is almost a complete combination of early Decorated and late Perpendicular style. Its chancel, however, is mainly Early English. The church tower and spire rise to 240 feet (73 m).[6]
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The Thomas Cowley School is a partly Grade II listed building.[7][8] The school is a non-selective secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16.
References
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- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 117, 118; Methuen & Co. Ltd
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- "St Mary and the Holy Rood", Churches in England. Retrieved 21 July 2011
- "Donington", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2011
- Thomas Cowley High School, Retrieved 7 July 2013
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