Risby nr. Roxby / High Risby

Risby St. Bartholomew is reported in Lewis (1848) as "a vicarage, united in 1717 to that of Roxby". White's Directory of 1882 entry for Roxby notes: "Its parish includes Risby hamlet [...] which extends from 2 to 4 miles S. of Roxby, and had anciently a church (St. Bartholomew) and a village, but has now only two large farmhouses, called High and Low Risby; near the former of which is the site of the church; and near the latter, there stood, before the erection of the present house, a singular old building with a subterranean passage." Archaeological remains scheduled under the "Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979" [List entry Number: 1016931], in English Heritage [http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1016931] [accessed 10 June 2014]: "Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby [...] The monument includes the buried and earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church and churchyard, located adjacent to the west of the farm at High Risby. [...] Risby is one of the few places where the Domesday Book of 1087 lists the existence of a church. The main land holder in Risby was recorded as being Roger de Bully, who had possession of a church and priest in Risby along with 31 villagers, 2 smallholders and 31 freemen, all as part of an estate valued at ten pounds. Two smaller holdings in Risby were in the possession of the Bishop of Bayeux and St Peter's Abbey, Peterborough. The church is thought to have passed into the possession of Thornholme Augustinian Priory sometime after the mid-12th century until the priory's dissolution in 1536. Vicars continued to be instituted at St Bartholomew's until 1631; however, the vicarage was united with that of Roxby in 1662 and in 1696 Abraham de la Pryme recorded that only the church's foundations remained. In addition he noted that the earthworks of the depopulated village could also be seen.