19-649: Donington is the name of a number of places in England: Donington, Lincolnshire , a small town in South Holland, Lincolnshire Donington, Shropshire , a civil parish in Shropshire, England Donington on Bain , a village in Lindsey, Lincolnshire Donington le Heath , Leicestershire, England location of Donington le Heath Manor House Museum Castle Donington ,
38-528: A castle. In Wales, the term electoral ward is used for elections to principal councils ( county councils or county borough councils ). These were formally called electoral divisions . Communities in Wales (the equivalent to the civil parish in England) are sometimes divided into wards for elections to the community council. All of Scotland is divided into over 300 wards for local government elections. Using
57-563: A park, a playpark, and a teen skatepark . Donington businesses include The Black Bull public house , Coop and Premier stores in the Market Place, an independent opticians, a butchers, a hair stylist, a flower shop, and a pets & produce outlet. A timber windows manufacturer, employing approximately 100 people, is one of the main employers, while a fire prevention and security company has its head office in Donington. There are two schools:
76-591: A railhead to nearby Boston for a direct Lincoln to London service. Donington is on the regular B9 Bus route between Boston and Spalding [3] Donington has football teams for two age groups: Old Doningtonians for over eighteens, and Young Dons (established in 1996) for anyone under that age; Old Dons play in the Saturday Boston League and Young Dons on a Sunday in the Mid-Lincolnshire Junior League. Wards and electoral divisions of
95-513: A town in the north of Leicestershire Donington Hall , a mansion house set in parkland near Castle Donington Donington Park , a motor racing track and music festival venue near Castle Donington Donington Park motorway services , a motorway services station near Castle Donington See also [ edit ] Mary Donington , British sculptor Robert Donington , British musicologist and early-music instrumentalist Donnington (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
114-566: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Donington, Lincolnshire Donington is a village and civil parish in the South Holland District of Lincolnshire , England. It is 8 miles (13 km) north from the market town of Spalding and 11 miles (18 km) south of Boston on the A152 , it is bypassed by the A52 , and sits between
133-1016: Is divided into wards, which are ancient and very long-standing sub-divisions of the city. The Council of the Isles of Scilly is also a sui generis unitary authority, and has five wards, each returning either 1 or (in the case of St Mary's ) 12 councillors to the Council of the Isles of Scilly. Civil parishes in England are sometimes divided into wards for elections to the parish council (or town / city council ). They need not bear any relation to wards or electoral divisions at district level, but often do. The four most northerly ancient counties of England – Cumberland , Westmorland , County Durham and Northumberland – were historically divided into administrative units called wards instead of hundreds or wapentakes , as in other counties. Wards were areas originally organised for military purposes, each centred on
152-469: The Isle of Wight and Shropshire Councils ) instead use the term electoral division . In non-metropolitan county areas with both wards (used for district council elections) and electoral divisions (used for county council elections), the boundaries of the two types of divisions may sometimes not coincide, but more often the county electoral divisions will be made up of one or more complete wards. In urban areas,
171-637: The single transferable vote , most wards elect either three or four councillors. Starting from the 2022 Scottish local elections , the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 , allows electoral wards to have between one and five councillors. Districts in Northern Ireland are divided into electoral areas, with each electing between five and seven councillors by single transferable vote. These are themselves sub-divided into wards, but these wards have no official function. Post-1973 wards were first created by
190-530: The A16 and A17. The parish includes the hamlet of Northorpe, and falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board . Donington is the birthplace of the explorer Matthew Flinders and he was reburied there in 2024. In Roman times, a road connected Wainfleet from the east coast through the settlement to Grantham. The road, Salters Way, was to carry salt from The Wash to
209-630: The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School, and Cowley Academy , a non-selective secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16, and partly Grade II listed . The nearest Railway Stations are very close by in Spalding [1] and Boston [2] with regular connected services to Peterborough, Lincoln, Derby, Sheffield, Leicester, Nottingham and London. The village is on an operating passenger rail line with stopping services, but has no station. In 2008 Hull Trains proposed reopening it as
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#1732851560636228-699: The Donington Rural electoral division of Lincolnshire County Council . Donington's Church of England parish church is dedicated to St Mary and the Holy Rood . It is a Grade I listed building . The church is almost a complete combination of early Decorated and late Perpendicular style. Its chancel , however, is mainly Early English . The church tower and spire rise to 240 feet (73 m). Matthew Flinders' remains were identified in London in January 2019. Permission
247-577: The Midlands. In the Domesday Book (1086) the settlement which then was called Donnicture was a small hamlet with a Lord of the Manor and 16 salt works worth 20/-. It then had a recorded population of 65 households in the hundred of Kirton. Donington was large enough in the 18th century to attract the travelling theatrical companies. In 1784, a surgeon, Matthew Flinders, father of the famous navigator, wrote "in
266-518: The UK. An average area of wards or electoral divisions in the United Kingdom is 28.109 km (10.853 sq mi). The London boroughs , metropolitan boroughs and non-metropolitan districts (including most unitary authorities ) are divided into wards for local elections. However, county council elections (as well as those for several unitary councils which were formerly county councils, such as
285-708: The United Kingdom The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors . The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, the electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils , while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities . Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward population counts can vary substantially. As of 2021 there are 8,694 electoral wards/divisions in
304-432: The latter half of October and beginning of November we have a small Company of Comedians with us. I went 3 or 4 times and once or twice was tolerably entertained". As well as having its own parish council, Donington is part of the electoral ward of Donington, Quadring and Gosberton within the South Holland district of Lincolnshire. The total population of the ward taken at the 2021 census was 3,196. It also forms part of
323-427: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donington&oldid=1070904394 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
342-558: The wards within a local authority area typically each contain roughly the same number of electors, and each elect three councillors. In local authorities with mixed urban and rural areas, the number of councillors may vary from one to three, depending on the size of the electorate. Where civil parishes exist, a ward can be adjacent with a civil parish or consist of groups of civil parishes. Larger civil parishes (such as Shrewsbury ) can be divided into two or more wards. The City of London has its own sui generis form of local government and
361-772: Was granted for him to be re-buried in the north aisle of the Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood where he was baptised. His remains were reburied on 13 July 2024. The contract for the A52 bypass was £1.8m in April 1988. Work began in October 1988, with a 45 week contract, to open in September 1989. The bypass opened three months early in May 1989, being built by Lincolnshire county council. Local amenities include
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