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Roxby Hall

Coordinates: 54°32′06″N 0°49′25″W / 54.535000°N 0.823700°W / 54.535000; -0.823700
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Roxby Hall
North Yorkshire, England
Only surviving wall fragment
Roxby Hall is located in North Yorkshire
Roxby Hall
Roxby Hall
Coordinates54°32′06″N 0°49′25″W / 54.535000°N 0.823700°W / 54.535000; -0.823700
Grid referencegrid reference SO716927
TypeCastle or manor house
Site information
Open to
the public
Yes
ConditionRuined
Site history
Built13th century
In uselate 13th century until 1632
Demolished

Roxby Hall (or Rousby 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.[1]

History

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Roxby Hall was supposedly built on pre-13th century pasture land during the late 13th century.

It was mostly replaced and rebuilt during the 1540s and the 1560s by Sir Richard Cholmley (1516-1583). During the early 17th century, Roxby Hall was abandoned and by around 1632, the front wings, the east back wing, part of the main block and an outbuilding were demolished.

By 1652, only the wall corner was left standing.[1][2][3] The earthworks south and west of the site were partially destroyed when the site was reverted to pasture starting from 1652.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Young, George (1817). A history of Whitby, and Streoneshalh abbey; with a statistical survey of the vicinity. p. 731.
  2. ^ Jackson, M. J., 2001, Castles of North Yorkshire (Carlisle), p. 95
  3. ^ Swan, V. G. & Mackay, A., 'From Cornwall to Caithness: Some Aspects of British Field Archaeology.' in Roxby Hill, Thornton Dale: the lost village of Roxby?, (1989), 183-195