Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
ROXBY
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
ROXBY. A parish in Lincolnshire, and a chapelry in Yorkshire. The Yorkshire surname was formerly spelt Rooksby, and occasionally Rokeby. B.L.G.