Place:


Roxby  North Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Roxby like this:

ROXBY, a chapelry in Hinderwell parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles N of Lealholm r. station, and 10 W N W of Whitby. Post-town, Redcar. Acres, 2, 410. Real property, £1, 755. Pop., 234. Houses, 41. The living is annexed to the rectory of Hinderwell.

Roxby through time

Roxby is now part of Scarborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scarborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Roxby itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Roxby, in Scarborough and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14150

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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