Willoughby is a village in the district of East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south from the market town of Alford, and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. History The name 'Willoughby' derives from the Old Norse wilig-by meaning 'willow tree farm/settlement'. To the rear of Tavern Way is a field containing a scheduled ancient monument, a medieval earthwork of an unknown date. The most notable person to have come from Willoughby is John Smith, one of the leaders of the Virginia Colony in North America. He was born and raised in the village, and christened at St Helena's church in 1580. When Smith was 16 years old his father George Smith died and was buried at the same church on 3 April 1596. Smith was connected to the Native American girl Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan confederacy tribes. Smith met her when settling Jamestown in the 17th century. There have been many fictional representations of their encounter and surrounding events, including Disney's animated musical film Pocahontas and its sequel. The cottage where Smith lived still exists and is in one of the village lanes. On the anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown settlement hundreds of Americans come to the village to see where Smith lived. Geography The village is close to the coast, with Skegness away and Chapel St Leonards away. The village is within the civil parish of Willoughby with Sloothby, which includes the hamlets of Sloothby and Hasthorpe. Willoughby has two main farms. One is on the Clover Industrial Estate and the other is on Hanby Lane opposite the petrol station. Both farms have wide field access and pasture sheep in the summer. Population All together, the 2011 Census counted 592 residents of the Willoughby with Sloothby parish. The population was gender balanced, with 50.3% male and 49.7% female. Most residents were white (98.6%) who declared as Christian (71.1%). Residents of Willoughby with Sloothby live primarily in small, aging households. Of the 252 households, 20.6% were a single person, 52.8% were two people, 12.3% were three people, and 14.3% comprised four or more people. Most families had no dependent children (76.6%), and 64.3% of households were headed by a person aged 55 or over. Architecture Residential Although several new houses have been built in the village, such as those on Tavern Way and John Smith