Fotherby is a small village in East Lindsey, 3 miles north of Louth.

Undated postcard.

St Mary’s was built by James Fowler in 1863 to replace an earlier church. The style throughout is Early English.

Fowler gave the porch a steeply pitched roof.

April 2016

The chalk chancel has lancet windows and there are paired lancets to the nave.

All windows have decorative stonework round the arches.

April 2015

The three-stage tower has plate tracery at the belfry stage and carries a sturdy broach spire.

April 2015

The Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repair of Churches and Chapels was formed in 1818 and incorporated in 1828.

Fotherby received a grant of £65 in 1861 (the church was completed in 1863).

April 2015

The interior is red brick with stone bands, with two-colour brick round the arches in typical Fowler style.

This view looks towards the west and the tower arch in which medieval masonry has been used.

April 2015

Undated postcard.

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "The living is a discharged vicarage, consolidated by Order in Council, 23 Feb. 1891, with Little Grimsby, joint net yearly value £280, including 77 acres of glebe here, and in the gift, for the next presentation of the Lord Chancellor, who has two turns in three, the remaining turn belonging to and held since 1905 by the Rev. Waiter Farnsworth M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford"