Here, you'll find an extensive collection of historical photographs, newspaper cuttings, documents and texts relating to the town and area of Donington, in South Lincolnshire. It also includes QUADRING and a link to BICKER
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1579 Map revealing a waterway out of 'Dunyngton' - HP1
"It is a matter of historical record that a deep drain, wide enough for navigation, ran through the centre of Donington and by the Black Bull Hotel, which was reached bymeans of a bridge from the market-place"
The village is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the hundred of Kirton,as Donnicture or Duninctune(homestead of the Dunn). It had a recorded population of 65 households, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in Domesday, and is listed under 3 owners.