Usselby is a hamlet and former civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

, now part of Osgodby

Osgodby, Lincolnshire

Osgodby is a village and civil parish in West Lindsey in the county of Lincolnshire, England.It is near to the A1103 and A46 two miles north-west of Market Rasen. The parish contains the small villages of Kingerby, Kirkby cum Osgodby, Osgodby itself, Usselby, and the hamlet of Bishop Bridge. To the...

 civil parish, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of the town of Market Rasen

Market Rasen

Market Rasen is a town and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the River Rase northeast of Lincoln, east of Gainsborough and southwest of Grimsby. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 3,200....

, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England.

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret, and is a grade II listed building dating from the 14th century, 1749, and with further alterations in 1889 by Hodgson Fowler of Sheffield in ironstone

Ironstone

Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical repacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron compound from which iron either can be or once was smelted commercially. This term is customarily restricted to hard coarsely...

 with red brick. Over the west door is a tablet inscribed "Queen Ann's bounty fell to this church in MDCCXLIX."

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 Alfred, Lord Tennysons grandfather. It was used as a German Officer Prisoner of War Camp in World War Two. Usselby Hall now covers most of the site of Usselby deserted medieval village

Deserted medieval village

In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the convention is to regard the site as deserted; if there are more...

Claxby and Usselby railway station

Claxby and Usselby railway station

Claxby and Usselby railway station was a station in Claxby, Lincolnshire which also served the village of Usselby. It is now closed.-References:...

opened here in 1848 and closed in 1960.