Osgodby, Lincolnshire

There is an unrelated hamlet of Osgodby in the parish of Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby, South Kesteven

Osgodby
Osgodby Location within Lincolnshire
Population	660 (2011)
OS grid reference	TF072926
•  London	130 mi (210 km)  S
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Rasen
Postcode district	LN8
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°25′13″N0°23′18″W / 53.420172°N 0.388325°W / 53.420172; -0.388325 Coordinates: 53°25′13″N0°23′18″W / 53.420172°N 0.388325°W / 53.420172; -0.388325

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, and West Rasen in its own civil parish, was 660 at the 2011 census. ^[1]

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. ^[2] To the north is North Owersby. Nearby to the west is the north–south River Ancholme. The population of the parish is 646.

History

At the time of Domesday Book the village consisted of 41 households. ^[3]

There are medieval settlement remains, including a moat, visible as earthworks and thought to be part of Tournay Manor which was established during the 14th century. In 1424 John Tournay was given as a gift land on the south side of Osgodby, but the principal residence of the family was at Caenby. ^[4] During the Second World War there was an army camp at Osgodby, and 60 accommodation huts were dispersed within nearby woodland. One building remains at the junction of the A46 - A1103, function unknown, and where the woods border the A1103, Westwards from the A46, many of the foundations are still visible. ^[5]

Bishopbridge

The River Ancholme and The Bell at Bishopbridge

Bishopbridge is a hamlet at the western limit of the parish of Osgodby, on the A631 and is named after the bridge that crosses the River Ancholme at this point. The hamlet consists of a public house and a few farms and houses. ^[6]

The settlement marks the upper limit of the navigation of the Ancholme, which was created by an Act of Parliament in 1767, which records the location as Bishop Brigys, in a later Act of 1802 it has changed to Bishop Briggs. ^[7]

The navigation ends where there is a measurement weir at the gauging station that records the flow of the river. On the adjacent River Rase, another weir and gauging station measures the flow of that river. Both sites are listed as Bishopbridge. ^{[8] [9]}

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
2. "Kirkby cum Osgodby parish council". Parish Councils. Lincolnshire county council. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013. The administrative civil parish of Osgodby is made up of four villages – Kirkby, Osgodby, Kingerby and Usselby.
3. "Osgodby". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
4. Historic England. "Osgodby DMV (89243)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 July 2011.
5. Historic England. "Osgodby army camp (1470543)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 July 2011.
6. "Get-a-map online". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 26 March 2013.
7. Priestley, Joseph (1831). Historical account of the navigable rivers, canals, and railways, throughout Great Britain (reprint). Jim Shead. pp. 20–23. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
8. "29004-Ancholme at Bishopbridge". The National River Flow Archive. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
9. "29005-Rase at Bishopbridge". The National River Flow Archive. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Retrieved 24 May 2013.

External links

• Media related to Osgodby, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons
• Osgodby Parish Council
• Osgodby Primary School
• "Expressions in Osgodby", BBC Lincolnshire
• Statistics for the parish