Osgodby, Lincolnshire

Osgodby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish, including Kingerby, Kirkby and Usselby, as well as West Rasen in its own civil parish, was 660 at the 2011 census. Osgodby is close to the A1103 and A46 roads, and 3 miles (5 km) north-west from the market town of Market Rasen. The parish contains the small villages of Kingerby, Kirkby cum Osgodby, Osgodby itself, Usselby and the hamlet of Bishopbridge. To the north is North Owersby. Nearby to the west is the north–south River Ancholme. The population of the parish is 646.

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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.

Kirkby cum Osgodby

Kirkby cum Osgodby, sometimes called Kirkby, is hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Osgodby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-west from Market Rasen and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) west from the village of Osgodby. In 1931 the parish had a population of 322. On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Osgodby. This successor council now styles itself Kirkby cum Osgodby.

Kingerby

Kingerby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Osgodby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) north west from the town of Market Rasen. The hamlet of Bishop Bridge lies about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south-west. In 1931 the parish had a population of 75. On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Osgodby. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and is a Grade I listed building cared for by The Churches Conservation Trust; it became redundant in 1981. It dates from the early 11th century and is built of Ironstone. There are three monuments in the church to 13th- and 14th-century knights. There are also several marble tablets to the Young family of Kingerby Hall. To the north and east of the church are scheduled earthworks of an ecclesiastical enclosure in which Elsham Priory was located. Kingerby Hall, or Manor, is a Grade II listed building dating from 1812. It is situated on the scheduled site of a motte and bailey castle and a later moated manor house. The castle was built sometime prior to 1216, in which year it burnt down. In the 12th and 13th centuries a village grew up around the castle, but in the 17th century the village population declined.