DONNINGTON (nr. Ledbury), Herefordshire

Archives and Libraries

• Original source material relating to Donnington, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucester Record Office.

Cemeteries

• A record of Memorial Inscriptions in the graveyard is available on St Mary's Church Donnington webpage.

Church History

• An account of St Mary's Church Donnington History. This account is a copy (with a few updates) of a leaflet written by Rosemary Lockie in 1997 for a Church Flower Festival. Added 3 Apr 2007.

Church Records

• There are transcriptions of Donnington Parish Registers, covering Baptisms/Marriages 1754-1812, and Burials 1765-2006, plus relevant entries from the parish registers of Dymock and Ledbury between 1556 and 1765. Added/Updated 3 Apr 2007/19 Apr 2008.

• The parish records from 1754/5 onwards are deposited at Gloucestershire Archives. For entries prior to 1754, see the Ledbury (Herefordshire) Parish Registers, formerly at Ledbury Church, but now deposited at Hereford Record Office, and Dymock Parish Registers, available at the Gloucester Record Office for a period starting 1538. There are no Bishops Transcriptions for Donnington, but entries are included in the Bishops Transcripts for Ledbury, 1660-1865.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Edward Cassey & Co., History, Topography, and Directory of Herefordshire for Donnington in 1858, and Post Office Directory of Herefordshire for Donnington in 1863, by Barbara Haner.

• Transcription of sections of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire for Donnington in 1867, 1905, 1913, 1934 and 1941, by Rosemary Lockie.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Donnington from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

• A transcription of the section of Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland for Donnington in 1899, by Brian Willey. Added 2 Jul 2005.

Historical Geography

• Previously in the diocese of Hereford, Donnington has been in the diocese of Gloucester since 1955.

Names, Geographical

• You may be interested in other places named Don(n)ington in the UK:
  • Castle Donington, Leicestershire
  • Donington, Leicestershire (nr Ibstock)
  • Donington, Lincolnshire (nr Spalding)
  • Donington, Shropshire (nr Newport)
  • Donington, Shropshire (nr Shifnal)
  • Donington-on-Bain, Lincolnshire (nr Louth)
  • Donington Wood, Shropshire (nr Lilleshall)
  • Donnington, Berkshire (nr Newbury)
  • Donnington, Gloucestershire (nr Stow-on-the-Wold)
  • Donnington, Shropshire (nr Wellington)
  • Donnington, Sussex (nr Chichester)
  Most of them are small, but all are mentioned in Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, 1899, cited above.

• The following have been observed as spelling variants of this Herefordshire 'Donnington' in the early Ledbury parish records:
  Dinnington, Dodyngton, Donington, Donyngton, Dydyngton, Dymnygton, Dynington, Dynngton, Dynnygton, Dynnyngton, Dynygton. Dynyngton. Added 13 Apr 2008.

Names, Personal

• A list of Donnington Church Rectors 1305-1900, provided by Mel Lockie. Added 3 Apr 2007.