Roby, Merseyside

Roby
Village
St. Bartholomew's Church, Roby
Roby is located in Merseyside
Roby
Roby
Location within Merseyside
Population7,254 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ435905
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLIVERPOOL
Postcode districtL14,L16,L36
Dialling code0151
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Merseyside
53°24′47″N 2°51′07″W / 53.413°N 2.852°W / 53.413; -2.852

Roby is a village and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the wider built-up-area of Huyton-with-Roby with Huyton, Roby is effectively a dormitory village or suburb of the adjacent City of Liverpool. At the 2021 Census, the population of Roby electoral ward was 9,353.[1]

Historically in Lancashire, Roby was part of the hundred of West Derby, an ancient subdivision of Lancashire covering the south-west of the county, as a broadly rural village and township within the Parish of Huyton. In the 1890's Roby became part of the wider Huyton with Roby Urban District & civil parish.[2][3]

Growing industrialisation of the region during the industrial revolution brought brought the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to Roby at the Roby railway station in 1830.

History

Roby grew from a tenth-century Norse settlement named Rabil, meaning "boundary farm/village".[4] Roby is therefore mentioned, as Rabil, in the Domesday Book of 1086. In 1351, it became part of the Barony of Widnes and subsequently merged into the Duchy of Lancaster.[4] In 1894 Roby was included in the Huyton with Roby Urban District.[3] On the abolition of the administrative county of Lancashire in 1974, the urban district was also abolished and its former area was transferred to Merseyside to be combined with that of other districts to form the present-day metropolitan borough of Knowsley.[5]

Governance

Since 1974 the village and ward have been administered by Knowsley Borough Council.

Geography

The area is located within a green belt area of Merseyside and partly consists of detached houses and private roads such as Wynwood Park. It has a golf course situated in nearby Bowring Park by the M62 motorway and Roby Road.

A new instated sign marks Roby by the Bowring Park Golf Course, including Roby Station and Roby Road within its location.

Transport

Roby railway station is situated on the Liverpool City Line, between the stations of Broadgreen and Huyton.

TV and radio

See also

References

  1. ^ "Roby". Census Data 2021. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ^ Huyton with Roby parish boundaries, A Vision of Britain, archived from the original on 1 October 2007, retrieved 8 November 2006
  3. ^ a b Huyton with Roby UD unit history, A Vision of Britain, archived from the original on 30 September 2007, retrieved 8 November 2006
  4. ^ a b Roby Origins and History, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, retrieved 20 August 2009
  5. ^ Arnold-Baker, C. (1973), Local Government Act 1972
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