Fotherby
- The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2111 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2383 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3404 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2608 |
| 1901 |
R.G. 13 / 3084 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
- The church was built primarily of chalk stone and the interior lined with red bricks.
- The font is dated 1450.
- The church was rebuilt in 1863 after the old structure was demolished.
- The church seats about 150.
- The inhabitants of Brackenborough parish use this church still.
- There is a photograph of the Anglican parish church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Here are two photos of Saint Mary's Church, taken by Patricia McCRORY (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1568, but the early years are barely legible. It includes register entries for Brackenborough parish.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
- There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built here before 1840. The Primitive Methodists and Free Methodists had chapels here, also. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Fotherby is both a village and a parish in the northeast section of Lincolnshire, 151 miles north of London and 3 miles north of Louth. Utterby parish is to the north and North Elkington parish to the west. The parish covers over 1,300 acres.
The village is a quiet, agricultural place. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the old A16 between Louth and Grimsby splits the village in two about 3 miles north of Louth.
- There's a view of the old A16 as it passes through the village on Geo-graph taken by John BEAL.
- On a clear day, from one of the high points in the parish, one can see the North Sea, the River Humber and the coast of Yorkshire.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The national grid reference is TF 3191.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Ludborough Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- In recent years the Parish Council has wrestled with the issue of spending money on maintaining the village common, so don't be surprised if it looks a little neglected.
- After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
- In 1866, six almshouses were erected by Everitt ALLENBY. There's a photograph of the almshouses on Geo-graph taken by John BEAL.
- In 1868, the estate of Everitt ALLENBY left the interest on £250 to be distributed to the poor in coals and flannel each December.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
141 |
| 1831 |
207 |
| 1841 |
227 |
| 1871 |
257 |
| 1881 |
237 |
| 1891 |
228 |
| 1901 |
212 |
| 1911 |
209 |
- This parish, among others, was entitled to send students to Covenham National School, but some of the children attended schools in Louth and North Grimsby.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 12-December-2012
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