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{{Short description|Civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}}
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'''Roxby cum Risby''' is a [[civil parish]] forming part of the district of [[North Lincolnshire]], England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 479.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128063&c=Roxby+cum+Risby&d=16&e=62&g=6382268&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1464429552094&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=28 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> The main settlement is [[Roxby, Lincolnshire|Roxby]]. Smaller settlements include Dragonby ({{gbmapping|SE904140}}), High Risby ({{gbmappingsmall|SE920147}}) and Low Risby ({{gbmappingsmall|SE931148}}). Dragonby was a settlement of the [[Corieltauvi]] in the late Pre-Roman [[Iron Age]].<ref>Martin Millett, 1992, ''The Romanization of Britain'', p. 24.</ref>
== History ==
The separate hamlets of Roxby and Risby were in existence and are both mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086. Roxby was under ownership of [[Gilbert de Gant]], whilst Risby was under the ownership of the [[Abbot of Peterborough]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/lincolnshire5.html |title=Lincolnshire O–S |publisher=Domesdaybook.co.uk |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> Risby was later annexed by Roxby for the purposes of forming a parish.<ref name=hw>{{cite book |first=William |last=Andrew |title=The history of Winterton and the adjoining villages |url=https://archive.org/details/historywinterto00andrgoog |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historywinterto00andrgoog/page/n81 49]-56 |year=1836 |publisher=A.D. English |isbn=1141580055}}</ref> During the reign of King [[Henry VIII]] of England, Risby was taken by the Crown from the Abbot as part of the [[dissolution of the monasteries]], and it was given to [[William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1570)|Sir William Herbert]] during the reign of King [[Edward VI]] of England.<ref name=hw />
== Historic buildings ==
In 1799, the mosaic floor of a Roman villa was discovered in the parish. Further excavations started to cause gradual damage before it was mapped in 1972. Further excavation in 1989 revealed a farmhouse attached to the villa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roxby-cum-risbyparishcouncil.org.uk/roxby-roman-villa/ |title=Roxby Roman Villa |publisher=Roxby-cum-Risby Parish Council |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref>
St Mary's Church in Roxby was constructed in the 12th century and underwent Victorian restoration in 1875.<ref name=g>{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Roxby |title=Roxby, Lincolnshire |publisher=GENUKI |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> To expand the number of gravesites available, one of the churchwardens in the 1830s ordered several headstones to be laid flat. The headstones were subsequently damaged by children trampling over them.<ref name=hw /> It was granted grade I listed building status in 1967 by [[English Heritage]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1260342 |desc=St Mary's Church, Roxby cum Risby |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref> Risby also had a church dedicated to St Bartholomew which preceded Roxby's church but this church was closed by the [[Church of England]] in 1911.<ref name=g />
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