Donington, Lincolnshire

Description
Donington, an ancient market-town and parish, in Lincolnshire. The town stands amid the fens, at the Bridgend Causeway, adjacent to the Hammond-beck and Blacksluice Canal, and has a station on the Spalding and Doncaster extension of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint railways, 10 miles NNW from Spalding. It comprises three principal streets, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Spalding, a weekly market on Thursday, and fairs on 26 May, 4 Sept., and 17 Oct. The parish includes also the hamlet of Northorpe. Acreage, 5835 ; population, 1547. Much of the surface was formerly marsh, but has been well drained and cultivated. The living is a vicarage and rectory in the diocese of Lincoln ; net yearly value, £270, in the gift of Simeon's trustees. The church is a fine edifice of stone in the Early English and Later styles, and in a very good state of preservation. There are also Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. The town has some endowed schools and several small charities. Park House is a fine mansion of stone standing in extensive grounds, and is the seat of the Gleed family.