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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.
  
  
• 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 is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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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. 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.
  
  
• For a modern map of the area, try: Multimaps.
  
  
• 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

• For 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 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, sut most 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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