[3] The area is chiefly agricultural, but the majority of employed residents work in Grimsby and Cleethorpes, or in the industries situated on the Humber bank.

[citation needed] The name North Thoresby is composed of the given name Thor and the suffix 'by', as with other villages in the area – indicating the influence of the Vikings.

[6] The Village lies on a Roman road from Cadeby to North Coates, believed to have been a route of salt transportation from the coast to Lincoln.

[1] The Anglican parish church, St Helen's,[7] occupies a site where Christian worship has continued for more than 1,000 years.

[citation needed] The church includes part of a Saxon grave cover, Tudor bench-ends and Restoration plaques which record the work tradesman such as "putty makers".

[citation needed] There is also a memorial tablet to Francis Bond (1852-1918), the late 19th-century authority on Gothic architecture, who was born in the village.

[13] North Thoresby has two public houses (with restaurants), a number of shops, a microbrewery, a used-car sales company, a primary school,[14] surgery and pharmacy,[15] a village hall, and facilities for football, cricket and bowls.