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Roby Pettit
Roby may refer to: Places *Roby, Merseyside *Roby, Texas *Roby, Poland People with the surname *Courtney Roby, NFL wide receiver *Isaiah Roby, American basketball player *Lelia P. Roby (1848-1910), American philanthropist; founder, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic *Martha Roby, US representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district *Peta Roby, Australian dancer and choreographer *Reggie Roby, NFL punter *Roby Lakatos, Romani violinist *John Roby (1793-1850), English banker, writer, and poet *Henry John Roby (1830-1915), English classical scholar See also *North Roby, Texas - ghost town *Robey {{Disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roby, Merseyside
Roby is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. It was previously administratively linked with its neighbour Huyton by the Huyton-with-Roby civil parish and Huyton with Roby Urban District. Like Huyton, Roby is effectively a dormitory village or suburb of the neighbouring City of Liverpool. At the 2001 Census, the population of Roby was 9,353, (4,511 males, 4,842 females). reducing to 7,254 at the 2011 Census. Roby is the location of the sixth form centre of Knowsley Community College. 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. On the abolition of the administrative county of Lancashire in 1974, the urban district was also abolis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |