FOTHERBY, a parish in the wapentalce of LUDBOROUGH, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Louth, containing 198 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £3, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.