Mumby is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located 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;"Church History", Genuki. Retrieved 23 April 2011 J. Charles Cox refers to a dedication to St Peter.Cox, J. Charles (1916); Lincolnshire, 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." 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.
Year Population 1801461 1811494 1821582 1831619 1841786 1851839 1881639 1891576 1901270 1911285 1921255 1931565 1941N/A (World War II) 1951281 1961206 2001352 2011447
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