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Roos is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Other current and historical names

Rooss
Rosse

Built-Up Area: Roos
Parish/Community: Roos
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°45'15"N 0°2'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 529072, 430418
OS Grid: TA290304
Mapcode Local: GBR XT40.9Y
Mapcode Global: WHHGV.9WCV

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Roos within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Roos in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Roos (or Rooss), par., township, and vil., East-Riding Yorkshire - par., 3623 ac., pop. 590; township, 2528 ac., pop. 534; vil., 7 miles E. of Hedon; P.O.

Roos in the Domesday Book

A village in Holderness [South Hundred] hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Murdoch of Hilston; Swartgeirr
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulco (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Churches: 1