Mumby

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title: "Mumby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-lincolnshire", "civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "east-lindsey-district"] description: "Village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	St. Thomas of Canterbury, Mumby, Lincolnshire - geograph.org.uk - 173268.jpg
static_image_caption	Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Mumby
coordinates
official_name	Mumby
population	447
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	East Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Boston and Skegness
post_town	Alford
postcode_district	LN13
postcode_area	LN
os_grid_reference	TF515742
london_distance_mi	120
london_direction	S
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| country = England | static_image_name = St. Thomas of Canterbury, Mumby, Lincolnshire - geograph.org.uk - 173268.jpg | static_image_caption = Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Mumby | coordinates = | official_name = Mumby | population = 447 | population_ref = (2011) | shire_district = East Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Boston and Skegness | post_town = Alford | postcode_district = LN13 | postcode_area = LN | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = TF515742 | london_distance_mi = 120 | london_direction = S Mumby is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located 4 mi south-east from the town of Alford. In 2001 the population was recorded as 352, increasing to 447 at the 2011 Census.

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as consisting of 97 households.

The church is dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury and is of Early English style. It is a Grade I Listed Building. The font is 14th century, and the western tower is 15th. It was repaired in 1844, with its chancel being rebuilt in 1874. Further restorations were carried out between 1903 and 1908.

The dedication to St Thomas has been disputed; J. Charles Cox refers to a dedication to St Peter. It was originally called St Thomas of Canterbury, but it would appear it was briefly changed to St Peter, but has reverted to its original name.

In the churchyard is the lower part of a 14th-century Grade II listed and scheduled churchyard cross.

From 1888 until 1970 Mumby Road railway station, mentioned in Flanders and Swann's song Slow Train (1963), operated to the west of the village.

::data[format=table] | Year | title = Mumby parish population:Vision of Britain|url =http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10444263&c_id=10001043&add=N}} | |---|---| | 1801 | 461 | | 1811 | 494 | | 1821 | 582 | | 1831 | 619 | | 1841 | 786 | | 1851 | 839 | | 1881 | 639 | | 1891 | 576 | | 1901 | 270 | | 1911 | 285 | | 1921 | 255 | | 1931 | 565 | | 1941 | N/A (World War II) | | 1951 | 281 | | 1961 | 206 | | 2001 | 352 | | 2011 | 447 | ::

|title = Destinations from Mumby |Northwest = Bilsby, Alford, Louth |North = Huttoft, Sutton-on-Sea, Mablethorpe |Northeast = Anderby, Sandilands |West = Farlesthorpe, Well, Ulceby |Centre = Mumby |East = Anderby Creek |Southwest = Cumberworth, Willoughby, Spilsby |South = Burgh le Marsh, Croft, Wainfleet |Southeast = Hogsthorpe, Chapel St Leonards

References

References

1. "Parish population 2011".
2. "Neighbourhood Statistics". Office for National Statistics.
3. {{OpenDomesday
4. "Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Mumby". British Listed Buildings.
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6. (1919). "Kellys Directory of Lincolnshire". Kellys Directories Ltd.
7. [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Mumby/ "Church History"], [[Genuki]]. Retrieved 23 April 2011
8. Cox, J. Charles (1916); ''Lincolnshire'', [[Methuen Publishing. Methuen & Co. Ltd.]], p.233: "The large church (St Peter) is in the main a good example of E.E. It has a massive W. tower, a beautiful S. door-way enriched with dog-tooth moulding, and nave arcades of 4 bays with capitals of stiff conventional foliage. The chancel was rebuilt in 1874."
9. {{cite PastScape
10. {{NHLE
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12. "Mumby parish population:Vision of Britain".

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