| Usselby | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Margaret, Usselby | |
  Usselby Location within Lincolnshire | |
| 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 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]
