Roxby with Risby
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 lies only a mile 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.
- The parish was in the Winterton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 642 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2400 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3431 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2627 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
- The structure dates back to the 12th century.
- The church was restored in 1875.
- The church is a Grade I listed building with British Heritage.
- Risby had an ancient Anglican parish church, dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, but only traces of the foundation could be traced in 1900.
- 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 a partial extract from the Roxby parish register. Your additions are welcome.
- Check the Manlake Deanery to see existing Marriage Indexes.
- The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1897. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- 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.
- A Roman tesselated 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. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
- This place was created as a modern Civil Parish shortly after 1717.
- The parish was in the northern division of the Manley Wapentake in the parts of Lindsey in North Lincolnshire.
- District governance is currently provided by the North Lincolnshire Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
273 |
| 1811 |
269 |
| 1831 |
373 |
| 1841 |
339 |
| 1871 |
374 |
| 1891 |
392 |
| 1901 |
389 |
| 1911 |
378 |
| 2001 |
423 |
- There was a school here prior to 1841.
- In 1868, Valentine H. D. CARY-ELWAS 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.
Last updated on 12-May-2015
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