Roxby, Lincolnshire

Roxby
St Mary's Church, Roxby
Roxby Roxby shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SE918169
– London	150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish	Roxby cum Risby
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Scunthorpe
Postcode district	DN15
Dialling code	01724
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Brigg and Goole
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°38′26″N 0°36′44″W / 53.640645°N 0.612205°W / 53.640645; -0.612205

Roxby is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) north from Scunthorpe and 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east from Winterton on the A1077. Roxby stands on a prominent part of the Lincoln Cliff and overlooks the Humber Estuary.

Roxby has less than 500 inhabitants, and forms part of the civil parish of Roxby cum Risby (where population details are included),^[1] which also includes the hamlet of Dragonby.^[2]

Roxby Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Mary.^[3] The church, of 12th century origin with 14th century additions,^[3] is of Decorated style, and was restored and partly rebuilt in 1875 by James Fowler.^[4]

In 1719^[4] a Roman mosaic was discovered near to the church. Several attempts to excavate the mosaic were made but it was not until 1972 when it was accurately excavated and recorded by the curator of Scunthorpe Museum. Later excavations by the Humberside Archaeology Unit concluded that the mosaic was part of an aisled structure with the mosaic forming the flooring for a suite of rooms at one end of the villa which may have been up to 22 yards (20 m) wide and 55 yards (50 m) long.

Although no railway line runs directly to Roxby, a major landfill site is situated a few miles away in a disused ironstone quarry. This is served by the remnants of the North Lindsey Light Railway over which trainloads of household rubbish are transported in containers from various locations in the Greater Manchester area.

References

↑ "Roxby cum Risby CP". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
↑ "Roxby". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1260342)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
1 2 Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 254; Methuen & Co. Ltd

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

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