Donnington, Herefordshire

Donnington
Donnington
 Donnington shown within Herefordshire
OS grid referenceSO708342
Unitary authorityHerefordshire
Shire countyHerefordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LEDBURY
Postcode district HR8
Dialling code 01531
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentNorth Herefordshire
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Coordinates: 52°00′22″N 2°25′31″W / 52.0062°N 2.4253°W / 52.0062; -2.4253

Donnington is a village and civil parish near Ledbury.

Parish church

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.[1] Donnington Hall is located here on the outskirts of the village.

In 1870-72, Donnington was described as:

"DONNINGTON, a parish in Ledbury district, Hereford; under the Malvern hills, at the boundary with Gloucester, 2¼ miles S of Ledbury town and r. station. Post town, Ledbury. Acres, 808. Real property, £1, 566. Pop., 105. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £209.* Patron, R. Webb, Esq. The church is old but good; and has a wooden tower."[2]

External links

Media related to Donnington, Herefordshire at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. St Mary, Donnington - a church near you
  2. Wilson, John Marius (1870). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co. Retrieved 27 January 2015.


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