Downtime: The Genuki web service will be unavailable on Tues 24 Apr from 10:00 BST for approximately two hours whilst some software updates are installed.
Open a form to report problems or contribute information
Usselby
Census
- The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- We have a partial 1901 Census extract for you to search and to add to with your own findings.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | H.O. 107 / 647 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2395 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3425 |
Churches
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Usselby area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- The Anglican parish church is a small, stone structure dedicated to Saint Margaret.
- The church was originally built in the 14th century.
- The church was rebuilt in 1749.
- The church was restored in 1889.
- The church has a sundial on the south side.
- The church seats only 48.
- The church is a Grde II listed building with British Heritage.
- There is a photograph of St. Margaret's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- There are also photographs of St. Margaret's Church at Flickr.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Margaret's Church on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2006.
- Here is a photo of St. Margaret's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1564.
- The Family History Centre in London has the parish register from 1556 through 1742. These films are also held by the Lincolnshire Archives Office,
- The Family History Centre in London also has the Bishop's Transcripts from 1561 through 1831. These films are also held by the Lincolnshire Archives Office,
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
Civil Registration
- The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Description and Travel
This village and parish in the south of Lincolnshire, 153 miles north of London, 5 miles south of Caistor and 3 miles north of Market Rasen, covers only about 850 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
You can see pictures of Usselby which are provided by:
Gazetteers
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Usselby to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Usselby has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Manors
- Usselby Hall was occupied by Wm. BRACKENBURY in 1841.
Maps
- You might like the 1906 inch-to-the-mile map of North East Lincolnshire.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF090930 (Lat/Lon: 53.422543, -0.361201), Usselby which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient Chapelry for centuries in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish shortly after those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Walshcroft Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Direcoty of Lincolnshire places the parish in the East Lindsey district of the county.
- This Civil Parish was abolished in April, 1936, and all 853 acres amalgamated into Osgodby Civil Parish.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard on the 1st Tuesday each month at the Market Rasen petty session hearings.
Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 56 1831 84 1841 92 1871 68 1881 54 1891 50 1911 52