Little Humby or Humby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ropsley and Humby, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies east from Grantham, south-east from Ropsley and south from the A52 road. Great Humby, a smaller hamlet, is to the south.
Humby has a ford that is prone to flooding, and a red telephone box. Inhabitants petitioned to keep the box when the local council made plans for a modern replacement.
Local wildlife includes badgers, and birds such as blue tits, wrens, chaffinches, seagulls, kestrels, red kites and buzzards.
Richard Todd, actor, lived and died at Little Humby."Richard Todd: Dam Busters star and war hero dies aged 90"; Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2012
Little Humby was formerly in the parish of Ropsley, in 1866 Little Humby became a separate civil parish, on 24 March 1887 the parish was abolished to form "Humby". In 1881 the parish had a population of 104.
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