Roxby

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Roxby is a village in North Yorkshire

Parish/Community: Roxby
District/Borough: Scarborough
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°31'56"N 0°49'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 476289, 515878
OS Grid: NZ762158
Mapcode Local: GBR QJP1.P1
Mapcode Global: WHF8J.BBJQ

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

Roxby in historic gazetteers

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

Roxby.-- township, Hinderwell par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 10 miles NW. of Whitby, 3251 ac., pop. 186.

Roxby in the Domesday Book

A village in Langbaurgh hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Uhtred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Uhtred (subinfeudated); Richard of Sourdeval (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Churches: 0.5
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 geld

British Place Names

Roxby, North Yorkshire

Roxby is a village in North Yorkshire

Roxby in historic gazetteers

Roxby in the Domesday Book