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Fotherby

Census

• 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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary.
  
  
• The church is built primarily of chalk stone and the interior lined with red bricks.
  
  
• The font is dated 1450.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1863s.
  
  
• The church seats about 150.
  
  
• There is a photograph of the Anglican parish church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• The inhabitants of Brackenborough parish use this church still.
  
  

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Church Records

• 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.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• 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.
  
  

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Description and Travel

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.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the A16 between Louth and Grimsby splits the village in two about 3 miles north of Louth.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Maps

• 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.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Ludborough Wapentake in the East Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  
• In 1866, six almshouses were erected by Everitt ALLENBY.
  
  
• In 1868, the estate of Everitt ALLENBY left the interest on £250 to be distributed to the poor in coals and flannel in December.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• 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.
  
  

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