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The Manor House, Bishop Bridge
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...

 is located in 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. 53.406°N 0.446°W

The house was built circa 1849, named "Kingerby Vale Cottage" on the Deeds, originally being two farm cottages which were later converted into one main dwelling and extended upon. In 2005, the manor was purchased by Sir John Hackett and was sold again following extensive vandalism in 2008, and was renamed to "Maja" just prior to its sale in 2010.

In 1964, the property was sold by a 'trust' made up of Michael Francis Young of Kingerby Hall
Kingerby Castle
Kingerby Castle was in the small settlement of Kingerby some five miles north-west of Market Rasen, Lincolnshire .It was a motte and bailey castle which was burnt down in 1216. The motte was then altered to form a platform for a manor house which was built on the site...

, Geoffrey Mawer Cooper, Sir James William Francis Hill
James Hill
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, a leading historian of Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

 and 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...

, and Gerrard Hugh Camamile of Newland Chambers. and in 1973 the manor house was purchased from Edward Squires of the 'Crown Inn' by Basil Allen-Mills, a retired Major
Major
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 in the British Army
British Army
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. By 1984, it was in the ownership of Michael Berridge, Public Relation Officer of the Central Council for British Naturism
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.

Bishopbridge Manor still retains many original internal features.
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