10 Feb 2007
Transcribed by Stacey Gardner
Donnington is a village and parish, 2 miles south from Chichester, in the Western division of the county, Box & Stockbridge hundred, Chichester county court district and rape, Westhampnett union, rural deanery of Boxgrove, third division, and archdeaconry & diocese of Chichester. The Arundel and Portsmouth Canal passes close to the village. The church, supposed to have been dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient structure, erected about 1220, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel and nave, with a tower containing 3 bells; it has some stained windows; it was restored in 1847. The register dates from the year 1559. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £367, with residence and 15 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and held since 1837 by the Rev. Henry Malthaus M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who is also vicar of and resides at Effingham, Leatherhead, Surrey; The Rev. Robert Easum M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford, is curate in charge. Mrs Crosbie is lady of the manor and principal landowner. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats & turnips. The area is 1,029 acres; rateable value £1,968; and the population, in 1881 was 188.
Parish Clerk, Henry Jesse King
Letters received through Chichester, which is the nearest money order & telegraph office.
National School (mixed), for 36 children, supported by a voluntary rate from the parishes of Appledram & Donnington & a Government grant; Miss Agnes Jane Fraser, mistress
Wall Letter Box cleared at 6.55pm; Sunday 12.20am
Private
Easum Rev. Robert M.A. (curate in charge), the Vicarage
Humphry Gilbert William, South End House
Kerwood Willaim
Commercial
Davis Godfrey, blacksmith
Harris Thomas, farmer, South End House
Humphry Gilbert William, farmer, North End House
Harris Wiliam, farmer
King Henry Jesse, market gardener
Powell George, boot & shoe maker
Rudwick Francis, farmer, Church farm
Shawyer Thomas, beer retailer
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