Roxby (formerly Rousby) is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located near Staithes.
The population of the civil parish was estimated at 120 in 2014, In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with Borrowby and Newton Mulgrave parishes and not counted separately. about the same as the 2001 UK census figure of 119.
Roxby was historically a township in the parish of Hinderwell in the North Riding of Yorkshire.GENUKI website It became a separate civil parish in 1866.Vision of Britain website
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
The name Roxby derives from the Old Norse Rauthrsbȳ meaning 'Rauthr's village'.
St Nicholas' Church, Roxby was built in the 17th century on the site of an earlier church. It is a Grade II listed building. It includes family tombs of the Boynton baronets.
See also Listed buildings in Roxby, North Yorkshire
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Victoria County History:Hinderwell