Usselby
Church of St Margaret, Usselby
Usselby is located in Lincolnshire
Usselby
Usselby
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF097936
• London155 mi (249 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarket Rasen
Postcode districtLN8
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Usselby is a hamlet in civil parish of Osgodby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west from the town of Market Rasen. In 1931 the parish had a population of 54.[1] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Osgodby.[2][3]

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret, and is a Grade II listed building dating from the 14th century and 1749, with 1889 alterations in ironstone with red brick by Hodgson Fowler of Sheffield. Over the west door is a tablet inscribed "Queen Ann's bounty fell to this church in MDCCXLIX."[4] The early 18th-century Queen Anne's Bounty acts of parliament provided extra income for poor incumbents.

Usselby Hall is a Grade II listed building dating from the mid-18th century with early 19th-century alterations and additions, and built with red brick. It was owned and lived in by Lord Tennyson's grandfather. During the Second World War it was used as a German Officer Prisoner of War Camp.[5] Usselby Hall now covers most of the site of Usselby deserted medieval village.[6]

Claxby and Usselby railway station opened here in 1848 and closed in 1960.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Population statistics Usselby Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Relationships and changes Usselby Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Kirkby cum Osgodby parish council". Parish Councils. Lincolnshire county council. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013. The administrative civil parish of Osgodby is made up of four villages – Kirkby, Osgodby, Kingerby and Usselby.
  4. ↑ "St Margarets Church". British Listed Buildings. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Usselby Hall". British Listed Buildings. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Usselby DMV (892436)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "Claxby And Usselby railway station (506993)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 July 2011.
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