Borrowby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated in the North York Moors National Park, inland but near the coast, between Whitby and Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 50 in 2014. According to the 2001 UK census, Borrowby parish had a population of 56.
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Roxby Hall is a former manor house or castle in the town of Roxby, North Yorkshire, England. Only one ruined corner and earthworks of Roxby Hall remains in a field adjacent to St. Nicholas’s Church.
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Roxby 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, 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. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.
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.
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St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of Roxby, North Yorkshire, a village in England.
Roxby has a chapel of ease in the parish of St Hilda's Church, Hinderwell from the Mediaeval period, which was rebuilt for Thomas Boynton in about 1520. The current church was constructed in the 17th century, and was largely rebuilt in 1818. The building was restored in the early 20th century, and was grade II listed in 1990.
The church is built of sandstone with a Lakeland slate roof. It consists of a nave and a chancel in one unit, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, and contains a round-arched west doorway with voussoirs, above which is a two-light west window, two-light segmental-headed bell openings, and a parapet with corner battlements. The east window has five lights and a large keystone, and probably dates from the 20th century restoration. The wooden pews and pulpit probably date from 1818. There is a brass memorial to Boynton and two 17th-century graveslabs, along with a 13th-century font on a modern base.
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Newton Mulgrave is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.
The population of the civil parish was estimated at 40 in 2014. According to the 2001 UK census, Newton Mulgrave parish had a population of 37.
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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Grinkle Mine, was an ironstone mine working the main Cleveland Seam near to Roxby in North Yorkshire, England. Initially, the ironstone was mined specifically for the furnaces at the Palmer Shipbuilders in Jarrow on the River Tyne, but later, the mine became independent of Palmers. To enable the output from the mine to be exported, a 3-mile narrow-gauge tramway was constructed that ran across three viaducts and through two tunnels to the harbour of Port Mulgrave, where ships would take the ore directly to Tyneside.
During the First World War, the threat of wartime action on the harbour at Port Mulgrave led to a connection being built from the mine site direct to the Whitby to Loftus railway line just to the north of the mine head. Whilst this allowed for the closure of the port to shipping in 1917, the tramway stayed open to transport miners from Port Mulgrave to the minesite. The mine first ceased production in 1921, with sporadic years of mining taking place, however the mine closed for good in 1930. Part of the site is now underneath the surface workings of the Boulby Mine complex, though some buildings remain at ground level.
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Borrowby, east North Yorkshire
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From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The name Borrowby derives from the Old English berg meaning 'tumulus' and the Old Norse bȳ meaning 'village'.
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Listed buildings in Borrowby, east North Yorkshire