Fotherby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

[2] In 1885 Kelly's noted six almshouses, built in 1866 for the benefit of six poor people by James Fowler, on the site of an older glebe house.

[3] Parish area was 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) with chief agricultural production of wheat, barley, oats, turnips, seeds and beans, and an 1881 population of 1881.

[4] Fotherby Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Mary.

[5] It was entirely rebuilt by James Fowler in 1863, in Early English style with chancel, nave, south porch, and western tower with a broach spire containing three bells originally cast in 1608.