Rokeby
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Rokeby is the name of:
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People:
- Baron RokebyBaron RokebyBaron Rokeby, of Armagh in the County of Armagh, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1777 for the Most Reverend Richard Robinson, Archbishop of Armagh, with remainder to his brothers and his father's second cousin Matthew Robinson and the heirs male of their bodies...
, a British title
Places in Australia:
- Rokeby, TasmaniaRokeby, TasmaniaRokeby is a suburb of Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia. It is located on the eastern shore of the Derwent River and is part of the City of Clarence Local Government Area....
- Rokeby, VictoriaRokeby, VictoriaRokeby is a small town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is near the towns of Warragul and Neerim South, east of the state capital, Melbourne.Rokeby Post Office opened on 20 May 1892 and closed in 1981....
Places in Canada:
- Rokeby, OntarioRokeby, OntarioRokeby, Ontario was the Government townsite located on the mainland at Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada, by the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, Sir John Colborne. Through common usage and the establishment of a Post Office in 1838, the name Bobcaygeon came to describe the entire town...
Places in the United Kingdom:
- Rokeby ParkRokeby ParkRokeby Park is a country house in the Palladian style in Northern England. It is located close to the confluence of the River Tees and River Greta, close to Greta Bridge in what is now County Durham. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire...
Places in the United States:
- Rokeby (Barrytown, New York)Rokeby (Barrytown, New York)Rokeby, also known as La Bergerie, is a historic estate and federally recognized historic district located at Barrytown in Dutchess County, New York. It includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing structures. The original section of the main house was built 1811–1815...
, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York - Rokeby (Ferrisburg, Vermont)Rokeby (Ferrisburg, Vermont)Rokeby is an 18th-century house in Ferrisburg, Vermont that was a station on the Underground Railroad before the American Civil War. The house was the home for almost 200 years of the Robinson family, who were Quaker millers, farmers, abolitionists, authors, naturalists, and artists.In the 1830s...
, a house in the underground railway and a national historic landmark, listed on the NRHP in Addison County, Vermont - Rokeby (King George, Virginia), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in King George County, Virginia
- Rokeby (Leesburg, Virginia)Rokeby (Leesburg, Virginia)Rokeby is a Georgian house near Leesburg, Virginia, built in the mid-18th century. The house is the best example of Georgian architecture in Loudoun County. Rokeby served as a repository for U.S. Government documents during the British occupation and burning of Washington in 1814 during the War of...
, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Loudoun County, Virginia
Things:
- "Rokeby", a poem by Sir Walter Scott