Usselby - Izeria

Usselby is a hamlet in the 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. On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Osgodby. 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." The early 18th-century Queen Anne's Bounty acts of parliament provided extra income for poor incumbents. Usselby Hall is also 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. Usselby Hall now covers most of the site of the Usselby deserted medieval village. Claxby and Usselby railway station opened here in 1848 and closed in 1960.

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Claxby and Usselby railway station

Claxby and Usselby railway station was a station that served the hamlets of Claxby and Usselby in Lincolnshire, England. It was opened in 1848 on a branch line of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway to Market Rasen but closed in 1960.

Claxby by Normanby

Claxby, or Claxby by Normanby, is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 221. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) north from the town of Market Rasen and 5 miles (8 km) south from the town of Caistor. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is a Grade I listed building, built of ironstone, dating from the 13th century and restored in 1871 by James Fowler of Louth. On the north side of the chancel is a 13th-century tomb of the founder Brayboeuf. On the south side is a tomb erected in 1605 to John Witherwick (died 1595). There are brasses to Fitzwilliams Armiger (died 1634), Jane Burnaby (died 1653), and Mary Monson (died 1638). The painting of the Annunciation by Charles Edgar Buckeridge was originally in St Margaret's Church, Burton upon Trent. St Mary's church is part of the Walesby Group of Parishes which also comprises Brookenby (St Michael and All Angels); Kirmond le Mire (St Martin); Normanby le Wold (St Peter); North Willingham (St Thomas); Stainton le Vale (St Andrew); Tealby (All Saints); Walesby (St Mary) and Walesby Old Church (All Saints). Claxby has a Parish Council consisting of seven Councillors and a Clerk which meets four times per year and maintains its own website.

Chapel of Our Lady and St Joseph, Osgodby

The Chapel of Our Lady and St Joseph is an 18th Century Roman Catholic chapel of ease located in Osgodby, Lincolnshire. It is served from Holy Rood Church in Market Rasen and is the oldest surviving church in the Diocese of Nottingham.

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Osgodby Hoard

The Osgodby Hoard is a Romano-British hoard of coins and metalwork found near Osgodby, Lincolnshire in 1999. The hoard was discovered in 1999 during engineering works on farmland and comprises 44 coins, a brooch and an intaglio. It is now in the collection of the British Museum.