Donington, Lincolnshire

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Donington is a village which lies eight miles north of the market town of Spalding, Lincolnshire, on the A152, and bypassed by the A52. It is the birthplace of Matthew Flinders, born 1774. His former school, the [Thomas Cowley High School] (secondary modern) takes pupils aged eleven to sixteen. [Lord (Donald) Bruce of Donington], a Labour peer who helped establish the NHS, also attended when it used to be a grammar school in 1924.

There are three pubs: the Queen Inn, the Black Swan and the [Black Bull]. There is a Coop in the Market Place. The church is called St Mary and the Holy Rood.

Donington Football Club is very well established. The club runs two open age football teams [Old Doningtonians] for those over the age of sixteen, these teams playing in the Saturday Boston League. The club also runs [Young Dons] (established in 1996) which offers a quality and safe environment for children from the age of seven to under sixteen to enjoy and develop their game of football, these teams playing in the Mid-Lincs Junior League.

External links

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