Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROXBY

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hinderwell AP/CP       Roxby Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Roxby

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