Tothby

{{Short description|Hamlet near Alford, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

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| country = England

| official_name= Tothby

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| coordinates = {{coord|53.266663|0.165254|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish= Alford

| shire_district= East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

| post_town= Alford

| postcode_district = LN13

| postcode_area= LN

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| os_grid_reference= TF445765

| london_distance_mi= 125

| london_direction= S

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Tothby is a hamlet less than {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} north from the town of Alford, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

In the 1086 Domesday Book Tothby is listed as "Touedebi", consisting of three households, {{convert|20|acre|km2|1}} of meadow and {{convert|12|acre|km2|2}} of woodland.{{OpenDomesday|OS=TF4476|name=tothby |display=Tothby|accessdate=17 August 2011}}

Today Tothby considered a deserted medieval village,{{cite PastScape|mnumber=355532|mname= Tothby DMV|accessdate=17 August 2011}} and the only extant property is Tothby Manor House, a Grade II listed building dating from the mid-17th century with alterations around 1840. Built of red brick, the house stands behind a moated enclosure, the site of the early Tothby Manor, home of the founder of the 14th-century church of St Wilfrid, Alford. The Manor was bought by Sir Robert Christopher in the mid-17th century when the present farmhouse was first built.{{NHLE|num=1063040|desc=Tothby Manor House|accessdate=17 August 2011}}