Firsby is a small rural linear village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

In his History of the County of Lincolnshire written in 1834, historian Thomas Allen records "Firsby is an obscure place on the north side of the River Limb (sic) between Wainfleet and Spilsby, being five miles distant from each".

The single aisled church is thatched and in front of the porch is a bare pillar of stone that may have at one time held a sundial".

Before the Reformation the church belonged to the Abbey at Bardney and was presented to the village by the Norman Lord of the Manor Sir Gilbert de Gaunt (1048-1094).

The main line tracks were crossed by a substantial passenger footbridge and most of the station was covered by an ornate cast-iron and glass canopy.

[citation needed] A common call at the station was "Over the bridge for Skegness"as was "Boston, Spalding, Peterborough, London" for the twice daily express train to King's Cross.n[5] A small local railway company built a branch line from Firsby junction to Spilsby, which it opened on 1 May 1868.

The branch was just over 4 miles (6.4 km) long and connected Spilsby to the King's Cross, London to Cleethorpes main line.

Necessary parliamentary permission was obtained by an Act in July 1865 which incorporated The Spilsby & Firsby Railway Company with an authorised capital of £20,000 and loans of £8,333 for the construction of the four-mile-long single-track branch.

[citation needed] Falling usage caused passenger services to be suspended in 1939 just as the Second World War began and they were never reinstated.

A goods train service for grain, potatoes, livestock and other agricultural products continued through Firsby for almost another twenty years.

[citation needed] The Wolds comprise a series of low hills and steep valleys underlain by calcareous chalk, green limestone and sandstone rock, laid down in the Cretaceous period under a shallow warm sea.

[citation needed] The fenlands, that stretch down as far as Norfolk, are former wetlands consisting both of peat bogs and tidal silt marshes which were virtually all drained by the end of the 19th century when Firsby had its longest period of growth.

The former peat fens and silt marshes provided a rich loamy soil that was ideal for the growing of cereal and vegetable crops, and gave Lincolnshire its reputation as being the 'bread basket' of England.

[This quote needs a citation] The resulting flat lands also made an ideal environment for the later mechanisation of farming in the mid-20th century.

Secondary school age pupils can attend: Firsby Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Andrew.