Davies Edward, farmer
Penzer John, boot and shoe maker
Preece Thomas, vict., Red Lion
Taylor Farmer, Esq., Chykenell
DONINGTON
is a parish in the Shiffnal division of the Brimstree hundred, comprising 2,655 acres of land, and in 1801 had 289 inhabitants; 1831, 318; 1841, 380, and in 1851 81 houses and 352 inhabitants, of whom 197 were males and 195 females. Rateable value, £3,977. The chief landowners are George Jones, Esq., Francis Yates, Esq., and the Rev. Henry Edward John Howard, D.D., dean of Lichfield. Donington is situated about four and a half miles S.E. from Shiffnal, and has a scattered population; the houses are in general of brick, well built, and commodious, and the cottages have a neat appearance. At the Doomsday survey Earl Roger held Donitone, and there was then a mill that rendered five horse load of corn, a wood a mile and a half long, and half a mile broad, and in the Wyke there were five salinæ that paid 20s. This Church is a venerable structure, supposed to have been built early in the fourteenth century; it consists of nave and chancel, with a square tower, in which are two bells. The interior has a neat appearance, and the pews are of oak. The chancel is separated from the nave by a pointed arch, and the windows are beautified with stained glass. The chancel contains several memorials, among which is one to Edmund Waring, Esq., who died on the 30th January, 1682–3, aged 63 years. A brass plate remembers John Chapman, formerly rector of Donington, who died in 1607. The living is a rectory valued in the king’s book at £5. 6s. 5½d., now returned at £721, enjoyed by the Rev. Henry Edward John Howard, D.D., dean of Lichfield, who resides at the rectory, a spacious and handsome mansion of modern construction, situated near the church. Shakerley House, a good brick house situated about half a mile north from the church, is the residence and property of George Jones, Esq., iron master, who is also a considerable landowner in this parish. The mansion is delightfully situated, and the pleasure grounds are tastefully laid out.
Charities.—Sarah Manning charged her real estate in Shakerley with the payment of 10s. annually to the poor of the parish of Donington. From a deed in the possession of the owner of the Shakerley estate, dated 3rd April, 1729, it appears that this annuity was charged on a butt or section of land called Green Furlong, adjoining to the Kilsale Green, and which was by the provisions of that deed to be conveyed by Thomas Jellicorse and Jonathan Ruston, the trustees therein named, after the death of Sarah Manning, to William Bishton. What is the particular piece of land subjected to this payment cannot now be ascertained, but the amount is paid as a charge on the Shakerley estate.
The poor have also an annuity of 10s., as a portion of a rent charge of 30s. per annum, given by Mr. Chapman, to be divided between the poor of the parishes of Albrighton, Donington, and Boningale, as stated in the account of the charities of Albrighton. The owner of the Shakerley estate is not aware in what manner the payment of that rent charge was apportioned, so as to subject him to this share of it, but he considers it as a general charge on the Shakerley estate, and pays it accordingly. These two sums are distributed among the most necessitous poor of the parish.
Boulton John, farmer, Humphreston
Boulton William, farm bailiff, Sidnall