Static Image Caption: | Sloothby Mission Church |
Official Name: | Sloothby |
Country: | England |
Region: | East Midlands |
Os Grid Reference: | TF495707 |
Coordinates: | 53.213°N 0.237°W |
Label Position: | left |
Post Town: | ALFORD |
Postcode Area: | LN |
Postcode District: | LN13 |
London Distance Mi: | 120 |
London Direction: | S |
Sloothby is a small village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5miles south from the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Sloothby is in the civil parish of Willoughby with Sloothby, just over 1miles south-east from the village of Willoughby and 7miles north-east from the coastal resort of Skegness. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 242.[1]
The village is mentioned five times in the Domesday Book.[2]
The village has several farms, a Wesleyan chapel dating from the 1890s, and a small mid-Victorian church - formerly known as "Sloothby Mission" - which is now closed. There is also a small antiques store in the village.
An electoral ward in the same name as the civil parish exists. This ward stretches south to Bilsby with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,027.[3]