Roxby (Hinderwell), North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Roxby, a township and a chapelry in Hinderwell parish, N.R. Yorkshire, 2 miles from Staithes station on the N.E.R., and 10 WNW of Whitby. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Staithes (R.S.O.) Acreage, 3251; population, 168. The living is annexed to the rectory of Hinder-well. The church, a chapel of ease to Hinderwell, was rebuilt in 1817, and consists of chancel, nave, and small tower.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Civil parish | Hinderwell | |
Liberty | Langbaurgh | |
Poor Law union | Whitby | |
Riding | North |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Roxby (Hinderwell) from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Roxby (Hinderwell) are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: