Roxby, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.535°N -0.8237°W
Official Name:Roxby
Static Image:St Nicholas Church and ruin of Roxby Hall.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Nicholas's Church, Roxby, and in right foreground the ruined corner which is all that remains visible of the 13th-century Roxby Hall
Population:120
Population Ref:(2014)
Civil Parish:Roxby
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Scarborough and Whitby
Post Town:SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA
Postcode District:TS13
Postcode Area:TS
Os Grid Reference:NZ762161

Roxby (formerly Rousby) is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located near Staithes.

The population of the civil parish was estimated at 120 in 2014,[1] about the same as the 2001 UK census figure of 119.[2]

Roxby was historically a township in the parish of Hinderwell in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[3] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4]

St Nicholas's Parish Church was built in the 17th century on the site of an earlier church. It is a Grade II listed building. It includes family tombs of the Boynton baronets.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Yorkshire County Council. Population Estimates. 2014. 9 March 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0. 13 January 2012. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with Borrowby and Newton Mulgrave parishes and not counted separately.Web site: Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics: Area: Roxby CP (Parish) . Neighbourhood Statistics . . 9 February 2013.
  2. Web site: 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Roxby CP (Parish) . 7 July 2008 . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics.
  3. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Hinderwell/more.html GENUKI website
  4. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10466301 Vision of Britain website