DONINGTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Spalding district, Lincoln. The village stands amid the fens, at the Bridgend-causeway, adjacent to the Hammond-beck and Blacksluice canal, 4½ miles SSW of Swineshead r. station, and 9½ NNW of Spalding; comprises three streets; is a polling place; and has a post office‡ under Spalding, a weekly market on Saturday, and fairs on 26 May, 17 August, 4 Sep., and 17 Oct. The parish includes also the hamlet of Northorpe. Acres, 6, 180. Real property, £15, 489. Pop. 1, 690. Houses, 390. The property is much subdivided. Much of the surface was formerly marsh; but has been well drained and cultivated. An ancient urn and some ancient glazed earthen vessels have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £126. Patron, the Rev. J. Wilson. The church is later English and good; and has a tower and spire. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. A grammar school has £440 from endowment; and other charities £933.—The sub-district contains also Quadring parish. Acres, 10, 390. Pop., 2, 691. Houses, 603.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))