Usselby
| Usselby | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Margaret, Usselby | |
| OS grid reference | TF097936 |
| • London | 155 mi (249 km) S |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Market Rasen |
| Postcode district | LN8 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Usselby is a hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west from the town of Market Rasen. Usselby, a former civil parish, is part of Osgodby civil parish.[1][2]
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."[3] 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.[4] Usselby Hall now covers most of the site of Usselby deserted medieval village[5]
Claxby and Usselby railway station opened here in 1848 and closed in 1960.[6]
References
- ^ "Usselby". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Kirkby cum Osgodby parish council". Parish Councils. Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
The administrative civil parish of Osgodby is made up of four villages – Kirkby, Osgodby, Kingerby and Usselby.
- ^ "St Margarets Church". British Listed Buildings. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Usselby Hall". British Listed Buildings. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Usselby DMV". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Claxby And Usselby railway station". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
External links
Media related to Usselby at Wikimedia Commons
