Donington, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes

Parish History
Donington is both a market town and Ancient Parish, the Church of the Holy Rood has a 14th century tower and steeple.

The church contains a memorial to Captain Matthew Flinders who was a young sailor on the Bounty under the command of Captain Bligh. Later under his own command he mapped part of the Coastline of Australia.

The church of St Mary and the Holy Rood dates from the 13th century with subsequent additions and restorations in 1868 and 1896 and has been listed as a grade I listed building by English Heritage. Search listed building

"DONINGTON (St. Mary and the Holy Rood), a market-town and parish, in the union of Spalding, wapentake of Kirton, parts of Holland, county of Lincoln, 32 miles (S. E. by S.) from Lincoln, and 108 (N.) from London; containing, with the hamlet of Northorpe, 2026 inhabitants. There are places of worship for Particular Baptists and Wesleyans."

Civil Registration
This parish was in the Donington sub-district of Spalding registration district Search registration district

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Material deposited at Lincolnshire Archives,

St Rumbold Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5AB England

Enquiries: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk The website enables you to view a PDF file for all records held for each parish as part of continuing efforts to provide an online catalogue.

The digitisation of parish records for the county now offers images via the Lincs to the past website (July 2011). Use advanced search terms at Search Lincs to the past to search for available images for parish registers and other records for this parish with images. Advance search terms Donington in Holland Par 1 will identify available images.

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Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.See Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Spalding Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lincolnshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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