Donnington, Herefordshire

Donnington
Road through Donnington
Donnington Location within Herefordshire
OS grid reference	SO708342
Unitary authority	Herefordshire
Ceremonial county	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEDBURY
Postcode district	HR8
Dialling code	01531
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Herefordshire
List of places UK England Herefordshire 52°00′22″N2°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 [railway]. station. Post town, Ledbury. Acres, 808. Real property, £1, 566. [Population]. 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]

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.

External links

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