DONINGTON, a market-town and parish in the wapentake of KIRTON, parts of HOLLAND, county of LINCOLN, 32 miles (S. E. by S.) from Lincoln, and 108 (N.) from London, containing 1638 inhabitants. It is situated in the fen district, through which a wide rampart of earth has been made, forming a convenient road to Sempringham. Hemp is very extensively cultivated in the neighbourhood, for the manufacture of thread and cloth, and for the seed. Canals, called Blacksluice and Hammond-beck, pass through the parish; and there is a port for barges, by which goods are conveyed between Boston and the Washes. A market is held on Saturdayj and fairs, May 16th and October 26th, for horses, cattle, flax, and hemp. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books, at £13. 17 3., and in the patronage of the Rev. John Wilson. The church is dedicated to St. Mary and the Holy Rood. There are places of .worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists. Here is a large endowed school, founded by Lord Cowley; and there are also other charities.