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!

Down Your Street, Sara Payne. II East Cambridge. Index of Chapter 18, Norfolk Street

Below is a brief overview and index to Chapter 18 of Sara Payne's book Down Your Street, to help people decide if it's a book that's of interest to them either for local history research or family history.

This chapter is four pages long and looks at Norfolk Street, the date 26 March 1981 is given in the page title.

The Norfolk Street pages contain some interesting snippets and interviews with residents current at that time, but, personally, it was a little shorter than I'd have liked as I had relatives there.  Martha Ann Maltby was my great-grandmother's sister and I know my own mother visited the Maltbys of Norfolk Street regularly.  They got just one mention, that "the Maltby brothers" lived in a particular house!

Living people named/interviewed: 
Miss Enid Porter; Mr & Mrs Ulla Printz-Pahlson; Mrs Florence Harben; Terrence Whitehead; Frank Whitehead; Goodes; Maltby brothers; Mr & Mrs GB Taylor; Rev S Sims; Mr Haynes; Richard Frost, Peter Frost; Miss Iris Franklin; Roy Townsend; Mrs Ada Warwick; Frank Wilson; Mr RB Speechley; Richard Bridgeman, Walter Bridgeman; Mike Smith (of TV furniture show), Jill Smith; Richard Frost; Gordon Ison.

Historical figures mentioned: 
Miss Porter, Mrs Scott; FT Unwin; Octavius Ruse;

Photos in Chapter 18: 

• Quarter page photo of Florence Harben, one of the oldest residents in Norfolk Street.
• Half page photo of Mr and Mrs GB Taylor, outside their fish and chip shop, 62 Norfolk Street. 
• Half page photo of Colin Walsh, director of Book Production Consultants, who had premises in Norfolk Street. 

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Down Your Street, Sara Payne. II East Cambridge. Index of Chapter 5, Orchard Street

Below is a brief overview and index to chapter 5 of Sara Payne's book Down Your Street, to help people decide if it's a book that's of interest to them either for local history research or family history.

This chapter is five pages long and looks at Orchard Street, the date 23 April to 3 May 1984 is given in the page title.  I didn't feel that this chapter had as much anecdotal content as the Maid's Causeway chapter, but the interviews with the residents were exciting glimpses into their past or the past of their house/road.  Orchard Street is a small street, so there are fewer residents to be able to generate these snippets we seek!

Built in 1825, the row of cottages in Orchard Street, Cambridge are chocolate-box gorgeous.

Living people named/interviewed: 
Mrs Kidd, Mrs Gladys Cable, Percy Wing, Sylvia Wing, Miss Kathleen Humm, Henry Humm, Henry Cable, Margaret Cable, John Fletcher, Marjorie Hopkins, Jodrell Hopkins, Paul Jodrell,

Archivists and other authors who helped with background/research: David Chaffin, Miss Ena Mitchell (author of Notes on the History of Parker's Piece), Martha German (of Emmanuel Road)

Historical figures mentioned: 
Charles Humfrey, Miss Annie Ayres, Ann Howard, Duke of Gloucester, Prince Richard, John Clark,

Photos in Chapter 5: 

• Half page photo of Orchard Street in August 1938, 
• Full page drawing of Charles Humfrey, 
• 1/4 page photo of Mrs Gladys Cable with her porcelain cat, 
• 1/2 page photo of the Golden Rose public house in 1912, with what are probably the publicans and a younger woman standing outside (servant or daughter?)

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Down Your Street, Sara Payne. II East Cambridge. Index of Chapter 4, Willow Walk

Below is a brief overview and index to Chapter 4 of Sara Payne's book Down Your Street, to help people decide if it's a book that's of interest to them either for local history research or family history.

This chapter is five pages long and looks at Willow Walk, the dates 29 December 1983 to 12 January 1984 are given in the page title.

This chapter listed the residents who lived in Willow Walk during the 1851 Census, but not in any detail, just the family names/occupants. e.g. Mr X, wife and daughters. At the time of publication, this information would've been hard to come by for those interested, although now, 30 years on, this information's freely available so it did feel a bit of a "space filler". A few residents had a brief line or two in interview, but nothing too in-depth.

Living people named/interviewed: 
Dorothy Silberston; Frank King, Dorothy King; Robin Anderson, Jenny Anderson; Nick Humfreys; Kirkbride, Carter and Robins, vets; Frank Bush; Philip Nightingale; Mrs Edna O'Connell (Ned); Sir Henry Lintott, Lady Lintott; Dr John Hodgkin;

Historical figures mentioned: 
Charles Humfrey; James Wyatt, RA Surveyor; William Port; Mr Scales; Ian Fleming (not the author); Mary Bernard; John Morton; William Bradford; Misses Curzon, two sisters;

Residents mentioned from the 1851 Census: 
Charles Dyer, William Lofts, Thomas Cole, Thomas Colston, William Thirkettle, Joseph Mansfield, William Hunt, Susannah Jarrold, Matthew Allis, Fanny Vials, Sarah Cullington, Elizabeth Poole, Mary Youngman, Thomas Cross, Mary Barrett, David Rootham, William Lusher, William Smith.

Photos in Chapter 4: 

• Half page photo of houses in Willow Walk
• Half page photo of the pavement along Willow Walk
• Half page photo of Mr Frank Bush in his garage at Willow Walk
• Quarter page photo of the oldest resident at the Church Army Hostel in Willow Walk, Mr Harold Clarke, who was born in Peterborough in 1901.

Historians in Research: 

• Mr AP Baggs, (Tony Baggs) who used to live at Willow Walk, editor of "Victoria County History";

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Down Your Street, Sara Payne. II East Cambridge. Index of Chapter 3, Maid's Causeway

Below is a brief overview and index to chapter 3 of Sara Payne's book Down Your Street, to help people decide if it's a book that's of interest to them either for local history research or family history.

This chapter is nine pages long and looks at Maid's Causeway and Doll's Close, the date 10-17 May 1984
 is given in the page title.

Being much larger than the previous chapters it contains more interviews with local residents, who also fill in some background about their house, their spouses and their work.  Those listed below as living/interviewed are most likely to yield details of their lives, whereas the historical people mentioned might simply be a name on a list of who owned a piece of land a particular house was built on.  The "historical" names are probably of lesser interest, but sometimes there's a nugget of information for those interested in those characters.

Living people named/interviewed: 

• Richard Levente, Madge Levente, Margaret Laing, Mrs Margaret Reiss, Dr Bernard Butts Reiss, Freddie Webber, Dr Lisa Jardine, Kit Martin, Jane Roth, George Kingsley Roth, Mrs CD Newman, Mr & Mrs Smee, CD Smee, Mrs Kathleen Apthorpe Webb, Dr Hugh Apthorpe Webb, 

Archivists who helped with background/research: Catherine Hall (Gonville & Caius Archivist), Roger Lovatt (Peterborough).

Historical figures mentioned: 

• Stephen Perse, Dr HF Apthorpe Webb, Charles Humfrey, Quinlan Terry, Sir George Downing, Mr Ashman, Misses Deighton, Mr Buller, Henry Thomas Hall, William Eaden Lilley, William Eaden, Mr Barker, Sir William Butts, Sir Henry Butts, Edith Wolfe, Blacklee, Apthorpe, Brett, Papworth, Sherwin, Sir Leslie Martin, Baron von Hugel, Parson Kilvert, Mary Kingsley, Kingsley Roth, Rev Sibson, Canon Edward Church, Dr Gordon Simpson, William Waters, Benjamin Jolley, Robert Donat, Ella Voysey, Tyrone Guthrie, Flora Robson, Frederick Apthorpe Webb, Miss Elizabeth Robinson, Sir Clive Sinclair.

Photos in Chapter 3: 

• Half page photo of Doll's Close, Maid's Causeway.  
• Full page view of the roofline of Doll's Close from an attic window of 18 Maid's Causeway. 
• 1/4 page photo of Richard and Madge Levente with two of their cats. 
• 1/2 page photo of Maid's Causeway. 
• 1/2 page photo of Maid's Causeway. 
• 1/2 page Grafton House. 
• 1/2 page 1920s photo of the Zebra public house. 

Overall, the interview with the residents in this piece gave a lot more information about their individual houses and a lot of specific resident names were attributed to invidividual houses.

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Down Your Street, Sara Payne. II East Cambridge. Index of Chapter 2, Auckland Road

Auckland Road was originally covered in the Cambridge Weekly News on 15 September 1983.

Auckland Road is tucked away behind Newmarket Road, so it's not a road I've ever needed to visit!  This chapter, therefore, had little to interest me personally, but I was interested to read of the history of the land and how it developed a circus field and a cinema.

This chapter is just three pages long. The first page gives an overview and history of Auckland Road, which had been a circus field at the turn of the century and also the site of a cinema.

The overview looks at the major characters and businesses that were in Auckland Road, including the Star Brewery and the Yasume Club.  There is one ¼-page photo of the street.

Photos in Chapter 2:

• Simon Wood, Midsummer Glassmakers

Living people named/interviewed: 

• Simon Wood, Reginald Markham, Edith Bareford, Don Few (of Elsworth), Marjorie Loakes (of Queen Edith's Way) 

Historical figures mentioned: 

• Charlie Chaplin, Thomas Askham, Herbert Robinson, HW Peak, Dillon Clark, Frederick Bailey, Alfred Barnard, Charles Armstrong, Percy Henry Jarvis, Basil Bareford, Mabel Markham, Basil Markham, Alfred Bavey, David Apthorpe, Amelia Apthorpe. 

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Down Your Street, Sara Payne. II East Cambridge. Index of Chapter 1, Abbey Road

This is a quick index to the book Down Your Street, by Sara Payne. ISBN 0907115195 II East Cambridge which I've recently bought.  There's no index in the book, so I've written one out!

Chapter 1: Abbey Road.  
The chapter covers just over four pages.  There's one whole page on the history of Abbey Road and Abbey House itself, with one full page photograph of Abbey House.
After that there's an interview with local residents.

Photos in Chapter 1:

• Full page photo of Abbey House, Abbey Road, Cambridge
• ¼-page photo of Miss Kathleen Morgan, outside her home, 42 Abbey Road. Behind her the bricked up doorway to her grandfather's boot and shoe workshop. 
• ¼-page photo of Mrs Evelyn Harris, Cresta Quality Cleaning. 

Living people interviewed: 
Miss Kathleen Morgan - her grandfather built the house she lives in, he was Ellis John Rolls, Mrs Evelyn Harris

Living people named: 
Professor Peter Danckwerts, Arthur Gray

Historical figures mentioned: 
Pain Peverel, Dr Thomas Wendy, Jacob Butler, Tommy Panton, Leonard Amey, Mr Askham, Lord Fairhaven, Joseph Sturton, Ellis John Rolls, Ranjee, Miss Royston, Horace Lister, Gordon Lister, Dodds, Mr Mason, Mr Brown, Mr Dent, Charles Kidman, Mrs Eley, Robert Eley,

Books mentioned in this chapter as being used in Sara's research:

• Arthur Gray: Cambridge Revisited
• Florence Ada Keynes: Byways of Cambridge History, 1947, ASIN: B0006ARDT0. 157 pages.
  Anecdotes, reminiscences and Cambridge antiquities

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