Usselby
| Usselby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Margaret, Usselby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF097936 |
| Location: | 53°25’43"N, 0°21’1"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Market Rasen |
| Postcode: | LN8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Usselby is a hamlet in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, three miles north-west of Market Rasen.
The parish church is dedicated to St 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."[1] The early 18th-century Acts of Parliament concerning Queen Anne's Bounty 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 First World War it was used as a Prisoner of War Camp for German Officers.[2] Usselby Hall now covers most of the site of Usselby deserted mediæval village.[3]
Claxby and Usselby railway station opened here in 1848 and closed in 1960.[4]
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1166119: St Margarets Church (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063436: Usselby Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 892436 – Usselby deserted mediæval village
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 506993 – Claxby And Usselby railway station