How Many Doningtons are in Lincolnshire?

For a local that seems a bizarre question, no doubt, but if you're not local to an area then at first you'll be confused by different names, areas, regions, villages etc.  In my family tree I've a statement, taken from a newspaper article published in 1938, where somebody said she came from Donington.  I've also seen Donington in the Census returns for this person - so I tried to find Donington, to see if I could find a transcript of the parish registers.

I found there are two places called Donington.  In the LincstoThePast archives they have a Donington on Bain and a Donington in Holland.  If I just google for Donington it just gives me one location.  So, now I believe there are (at least) two that might go by that name, I need to work out which one she could've meant.  I looked at Google maps and the two places are 33 miles apart, so next I took a guess at the correct Donington being closest to where she was living all of her married life.  Unfortunately, one was 60 miles away and one 30 miles away - so I'm still none the wiser.  I needed to think a bit smarter, so I returned to the Census returns to see which administrative area they were living in, which was called North Lincolnshire.
Donington on Bain is in East Lindsey
Donington in Holland is in South Holland & Lincolnshire

I'm not getting close to what I was after!

LincsToThePast have photos of the original parish records for a lot of the county - and I can look through those online to try to find what I am after, but I'd hoped to "know" which one it was before I started.

There's no point me ploughing through a volume where they weren't living!

LincsToThePast original Parish Registers

For Donington, LincsToThePast have the following years/volumes available to view, instantly, for free, online:

Donington on Bain Parish Records:

Some of the books are dedicated to one type of event, others are combined baptisms/burials or marriages/banns.

1655-1767 Baptisms*
1768-1812 Baptisms & Burials
1813-1887 Baptisms

1655-1753 Marriages*
1756-1811 Marriages with banns
1813-1837 Marriages

1655-1767 Burials*
1813-1961 Burials

*Some missing years: 1680, 1688-92, 1704, 1715-17, 1721-5, 1741-9, 1754, 1756-8

DONINGTON ON BAIN PAR/1/6 Main web page: http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplaySearchResults.aspx?oid=568578&mode=c

Donington in Holland Parish Registers: 

1643-1694 General Register

1668-1711 General Register

1711-1754 General Register

1754-1773 General Register

1773-1812 Marriages

1813-1837 Marriages

1837-1883 Marriages

1813-1827 Baptisms

1774-1812 Baptisms

1828-1849 Baptisms

1849-1889 Baptisms

1774-1812 Burials

1808-1834 Burials

1813-1851 Burials

1834-1865 Burials

1851-1914 Burials

Donington in Holland Marriages not at the archives & not online: 
1883-1911
1911-1924
1924-1934
1934-1942
1942-1951

1961-1971
1971-1983
1983-2001
2001-2004
2005-2007

Now I can see the volumes they have, I can spot the gaps too. I've decided it's probably Donington in Holland I am after - and there's a gap right where I wanted to look up.  I was wanting a marriage in Donington in 1889!  Currently the online marriages end in 1883 and 1889 is in the list of "Marriages Not Deposited":  grrr.... :)  In any case, even if it were the other Donington I'd still be out of luck as their marriages held at the archives end in 1837.  But, I might find the lady's baptism in Donington on Holland in the 1849-1889 volume!  Wish me luck.

And a quick update - I found the baptism I was after. Baptism at Donington (in Holland) of Ann Crampton, which was on 26 July 1868. Daughter of Benjamin Crampton, a labourer, and Mary Ann Crampton!

Great!