What is "rokeby"

Rokeby is the name of:

People:

• Baron Rokeby, an Irish title
• Rokeby baronets, a British title
• William Rokeby, (died 1521), Archbishop of Dublin

Places in Australia:

• Rokeby, Queensland, a Station on Mungkan Kandju National Park
• Rokeby, Tasmania
• Rokeby, Victoria

Places in Canada:

• Rokeby, Ontario

Places in the United Kingdom:

• Rokeby Park

Places in the United States:

• Rokeby, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
• Rokeby (Barrytown, New York), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York
• Rokeby Lock, Ohio
• Rokeby (Ferrisburg, Vermont), 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), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Loudoun County, Virginia

Things:

• " Rokeby", a poem by Sir Walter Scott
• Rokeby Collection, a collection of photographs of UK railway stations.

Rokeby is a historic farm property and museum at 4334 United States Route 7 in Ferrisburgh, Vermont. The property includes a 1780s farmstead, and eight agricultural outbuildings with permanent exhibits. Hiking trails cover more than of the grounds. Rokeby is open from mid-May to mid-October each year. The property was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997 for its association with Rowland T. Robinson, a Quaker and ardent abolitionist who openly sheltered escaped slaves here as part of the Underground Railroad. Robinson's extensive correspondence is an essential archive giving insight into the practices of abolitionists and the operations of the railroad.

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.

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 1812. The Declaration of Independence was reputedly kept in the basement.

Rokeby (1813) is a narrative poem in six cantos by Walter Scott. It is set in Teesdale during the English Civil War.

Rokeby is a historic home located at King George, King George County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1828, and is a two-story, three bay Federal style brick dwelling. It has a low hipped roof, tripartite windows, lintel-type window heads, and elliptical, leaded-glass fanlight with flanking sidelights. The original block was enlarged about 1912 by a pair of flanking two-story, frame pavilions, and in 1917, the west wing was substantially enlarged. Also on the property are the contributing antebellum smokehouse and a complex of buildings built in 1917-1920: (1) schoolhouse; (2) summer / tenant house; (3) playhouse; (4) garage; (5) Sears, Roebuck catalog-ordered horse barn; (6) sheep barn; and (7) cattle run-in shed.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.