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ROKEBY, a parish in the district of Teesdale and N. R. Yorkshire; on the Roman road to Brough, and on the rivers Greta and Tees, at the boundary with Durhamshire, 2½ miles S E of Barnard-Castle r. station. Post-town, Barnard-Castle. Acres, 1, 114. Real property, £2,075. Pop., 151. Houses, 33. The property belonged, from the time of William the Conqueror till that of Charles I., to the family of Rokeby; gave them the title of Baron; was sold by them, in consequence of disasters entailed in the cause of Charles I.; passed to the Robinsons and the Morritts; belongs now to W. J. S. Morritt, Esq.; and gives the title of Baron to the family of Montague. The ancient manor-house was burned by the Scots, after the battle of Bannockburn. Mortham Tower, an elegantly fortified residence, about ¼ of a miledistant, was erected as a succedaneum for the manor-house; continued to be occupied by the Rokeby familyafter the sale of the estate; and is now a farm-house. Rokeby Hall, the seat of Mr. Morritt, occupies the site of the ancient manor-house; was erected in 1724; is amagnificent mansion; contains a collection of antiquities and works of art; and stands amid splendid grounds. The chief objects of interest in the parish, both scenic and artificial, are graphically described by Sir Walter Scott, in his poem of " Rokeby." An inn, called the Morritt Arms, furnishes tickets of admission for viewing the Hall grounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £135.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was built in last century, and wasfitted up with oak-stalls in 1855. There is a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Rokeby AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Rokeby |
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