Roxby
- The parish was in the Winterton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary.
- The church dates back to the 14th century. It was restored in 1875.
- Risby had an ancient Anglican parish church, dedicated to St. Batholomew, but only traces of the foundation could be traced in 1911.
- St. Mary's Church seats 200.
- There is a photograph of St. Mary's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site, taken by Sheila Fenton.
- Here is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- Parish registers exist from 1689 (some sources give 1694, others 1603), although Bishop's transcripts go back to 1599. Risby entries are included in the Roxby parish register.
- We have the beginnings of a Parish Register Extract in a text file. Your additions are welcomed.
- Check the Manlake Deanery to see existing Marriage Indexes.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Winterton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Roxby with Risby (or "Roxby cum Risby") is a pair of villages that make up a single parish in the north of Lincolnshire. Both villages lie west of the old Roman Road known as Ermine Street, about 9 miles WSW of Barton on Humber and just north of Scunthorpe. Branches of the Old River Ancholme flow between the villages. The parish of Appleby borders on the south and east and Winterton to the north. The parish covers about 4,900 acres of land and also includes the hamlets of Sawcliffe and Dragonby.
Roxby sits near the top of the Cliff Hills with a nice view of the Humber River. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, out of Scunthorpe, take the A1077 north to reach either village.
- Check our touring page for Lincolnshire.
- A Roman pavement, some twenty feet in width, was found in 1709 just southwest of the church.
- In the 1800's, rabbit hunting was a popular sport and probably many a rabbit found their way into a poacher's stew.
- The National Grid Reference coordinates for Roxby are SE 9217.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 234 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The name Roxby is from the Old Scandinavian Hrokr+by, or "farmstead of a man named Hrokr". In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village name is given as Roxebi. The name also appears in northern Yorkshire.
- Risby is also Old Scandinavian in origin, hris+by or ryth+by, meaning "farmstead among the brushwood or by a clearing." The first meaning is more likely. In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village name is given as Risebi. A village with the same name is in Suffolk.
["A Dictionary of English Place-Names," A. D. Mills, Oxford University Press, 1991].
- The parish was in the northern division of the ancient Wapentake of Manley in the parts of Lindsey.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1831 |
373 |
| 1871 |
374 |
| 1891 |
392 |
| 1911 |
378 |
| 2001 |
423 |
- In 1868, Valentine H. D. Cary-Elwes funded the building of a National School, built to hold 56 children, initially attended by over 40 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 17-May-2008 - Louis R. Mills]
