Donington on Bain explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.3288°N -0.1454°W
Map Type:Lincolnshire
Official Name:Donington on Bain
Static Image Name:St. Andrew's church, Donington on Bain, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 101201.jpg
Static Image Caption:Church of St Andrew, Donington
Population:368
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Shire District:East Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Louth and Horncastle
Post Town:Louth
Postcode District:LN11
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF236829
London Distance Mi:125
London Direction:S

Donington on Bain is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

The village is approximately 6miles south-west from Louth and 6miles north from Horncastle, and is on the east bank of the River Bain, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Viking Way[2] runs north to south through the village. Cadwell Park racetrack is approximately 4miles to the east.

Donington on Bain Grade II" listed late 12th-century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Andrew. It is of Early English style with an early Norman font.[3] Within the church is a 17th-century memorial to the poet Thomas Kent. The church is in the Asterby Group subdivision of the South Wolds Group of churches of the Horncastle Deanery.[4] The village primary school and the Black Horse public house are on Main Road.

On either side of the valley sits a tower. It was reported in June 2009 that one of these, the tallest structure in the UK, Belmont mast, was to be reduced in height.[5] The other is a Second World War Chain Home Radar tower at RAF Stenigot.[6]

Donington on Bain railway station served the village from 1875 to 1951.[7]

Donington on Bain Rovers F.C. existed on a casual basis from at least 1922 until 1948. It played in the East Lincs Combination from the date of its foundation until the club folded in 2014. Home matches were played from the late 1980s until 2014 at Donington Park on Station Road, a pitch "they had created... from scratch without any cost to the council".[8] [9] [10] [11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 20 August 2015.
  2. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/620484 "Viking Way"
  3. Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 118; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  4. http://www.stmaryshorncastle.org.uk/the-south-wolds-group/ "Asterby Group"
  5. News: Europe's tallest structure to be cut down to size. The Independent. London. Rodgers, Paul. 22 June 2009. 4 July 2009.
  6. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/150615 "CH Radar Mast – Stenigot"
  7. 507000 . Donington on Bain railway station . 7 July 2013.
  8. Web site: Location of Donington Park.
  9. Web site: Donington on Bain Parish Council minutes 26 June 2017.
  10. Web site: East Lincs Combination Handbook 2018/19.
  11. Web site: Donington Rovers edge seven-goal final.