Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Road through Donnington - geograph.org.uk - 751773.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Road through Donnington |
Coordinates: | 52.0062°N -2.4253°W |
Label Position: | top |
Official Name: | Donnington |
Unitary England: | Herefordshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Herefordshire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | North Herefordshire |
Post Town: | LEDBURY |
Postcode Area: | HR |
Postcode District: | HR8 |
Dial Code: | 01531 |
Os Grid Reference: | SO708342 |
Donnington is a village and civil parish near Ledbury.
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[ailway]. station. Post town, Ledbury. Acres, 808. Real property, £1, 566. Pop[ulation]., 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]