Roxby in the Domesday Book (1086)
Roxby is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
- Acklam
- Airy [Holme]
- Aislaby
- Arnodestorp
- Baldebi
- Barnaby
- Barwick
- Battersby
- Bergolbi
- Berguluesbi
- Blaten [Carr]
- Borrowby
- Breck
- Brotton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Roxby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.
Names of this type are a fingerprint of Scandinavian settlement: they cluster across the old Danelaw, where Norse-speaking settlers renamed or founded villages from the late 9th century onward.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Roxby.
Listed Buildings Near Roxby
Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Roxby. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Gin-gang to East of Manor Farmhouse - 0.53 km
- Church of St Nicholas - 0.54 km
- Manor Farmhouse - 0.54 km
- Ging-gang to West of Home Farmhouse - 0.57 km
- Oak House Farmhouse and Attached Stable and Barn - 0.61 km
- Blacksmiths Shop at Turton Cottages - 0.87 km
- Borrowby Farmhouse - 0.95 km
- Barns, Byres and Cart Shed North of Borrowby Farmhouse - 0.96 km
- Ivy Cottage - 1.0 km
- Low Borrowby Farmhouse - 1.15 km
- Barn, Byres and Stables North of Low Borrowby Farmhouse - 1.15 km
Roxby Today
Today Roxby lies within the administrative area of Scarborough, and the settlement recorded a population of 108 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Roxby on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Borrowby - 1.4 km SE
- Grimesbi - 1.4 km SE
- Old Boulby - 2.0 km N
- Seaton Hall - 2.2 km NE
- Newton Mulgrave - 2.2 km SE
- Easington - 2.8 km NW
Heritage Around Roxby
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Chris Twigg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Stephen McCulloch · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Donnylad · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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