Roby, Merseyside

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.4133
longitude= -2.8523
official_name= Roby
population= 9,353
(2001 Census)citeweb|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5941470&c=roby&d=14&e=16&g=358046&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212101378078&enc=1|title=2001 Census: Roby|work=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=29 May|accessyear=2008]
metropolitan_borough= Knowsley
metropolitan_county= Merseyside
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Knowsley South
post_town= LIVERPOOL
postcode_district= L36
postcode_area= L
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ435905 Roby is a small residential area of Merseyside, England. Roby is within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire and is linked with its neighbour Huyton by the Huyton-with-Roby civil parish. [citeweb|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10368455&c_id=10001043|title=Huyton with Roby parish boundaries|work=A Vision of Britain|accessdate=8 November|accessyear=2006] Like Huyton, Roby is effectively a dormitory village or suburb of the City of Liverpool, although it is outside its statutory boundaries. At the 2001 Census, the population of Roby was 9,353 (4,511 males, 4,842 females).

History

Roby grew from a tenth century Norse settlement named "Rabil", meaning "boundary farm/village". 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.

Governance

In 1894 Roby was included in the Huyton with Roby Urban District. [citeweb|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10002849&c_id=10001043|title=Huyton with Roby UD unit history|work=A Vision of Britain|accessdate=8 November|accessyear=2006] 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. [Arnold-Baker, C., "Local Government Act 1972", (1973)]

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.

Transport

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

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