Broxa, North Yorkshire

Broxa is a village in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England, within the North York Moors National Park. The village is 6.2 miles (10 km) west of Scarborough, at an elevation of 531 feet (162 m). The River Derwent is 1,600 feet (500 m) west of the village.[1][2]

Broxa
Looking south-east towards Broxa
Broxa is located in North Yorkshire
Broxa
Broxa
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE945915
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSCARBOROUGH
Postcode districtYO13
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

Whilst some 12th century documents mention Broxa (in relation to land granted by the abbot of Whitby), the village was not listed in the Domesday Book. It is thought that it was included in the manor of Hackness.[3] The name of the village derives from a personal name Broce, meaning the enclosure of Broce's people.[4]

To the north of the village is Broxa Forest, a 1,527 acres (618 ha) woodland maintained by Forestry England which has walking and cycling trails. The Moors to Sea Cycle route passes through the village and the forest.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Broxa, Scarborough (YO13 0BP)". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. "OL27" (Map). North York Moors - Eastern area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2017. ISBN 978-0-319-242667.
  3. Clay, Charles Travis (2013). Early Yorkshire charters. Volume 11, The Percy fee. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 295. ISBN 1108058345.
  4. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 70. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. "Broxa". woodlandtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  6. "Broxa". forestryengland.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  7. "4. Highwood Brow to Ravenscar". northyorkmoors.org.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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