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enough to cater for a full court, but provided a suitable spot for hunting, near enough to London for convenience and far enough away to deter intrusion. King James ordered a strict prohibition on anyone taking game from within 16 miles (26 km) of
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in the town by demolishing the "Cock" and "Greyhound" inns. The king's lodgings were completed in 1607 and were described in 1652 as "all of brick well-tiled double-built, in length 78 ft., breadth 43 ft., height from eaves to ground 24 ft., thickness of walls 24 inches." The buildings were never big
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rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. Where rural sanitary districts straddled county boundaries, as
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After you quit Ware...the land grows by degrees poorer; the chalk lies nearer and nearer to the surface, till you come to the open common-fields within a few miles of
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Royston, at which point Royston ceased to be part of the Ashwell Rural District. The new urban district of Royston covered the parishes of Royston, North Royston, South Bassingbourn, South
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Hertfordshire, and on 30 September 1896 the parish of Royston (Cambridgeshire) and the parts of the Cambridgeshire parishes of Bassingbourn, Kneesworth, and Melbourn that were within the North Royston Special Drainage District were transferred to
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Royston Sports Club, situated on the heath, is the home to the town's tennis, squash, hockey and rugby clubs, as well as youth football. Royston Rugby Club's 1st XV play in the Herts/Middlesex 1st division – its Girls' U15 side won the Herts Shield in 2011 and 2012.
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The symbols on the shield briefly illustrate the history of the town. The staff is for Royston Priory, the roses for Tudor connections, while James I is represented by the checky fesse of the Stewarts. The hart represents Hertfordshire. The crest depicts a
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of Melbourn, who also held the patronage of the other hospital. In the 14th century, St Nicholas' Hospital was put under the same jurisdiction as that of St John and St Thomas, which were subsequently suppressed in 1547.
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barbed and seeded and in the base a stag trippant the whole surmounting an archiepiscopal staff, all proper. And for a crest on a wreath of the colours, perched upon a representation of the Royse Stone, a hooded crow
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for the town of Royston. By this time the urban area of the town extended beyond the Tudor parish boundaries, and so the special drainage district was drawn to also include parts of the neighbouring parishes of
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Argent a fesse Gules thereon another chequy of the first and Sable in chief two Tudor Roses barbed and seeded and in base a Stag trippant the whole surmounting an Archiepiscopal Staff all proper.
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roads, both of which are important road links through Hertfordshire and beyond. The town is also convenient for fast links to London and the north, as it is only a short distance from both the
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The town lies on the northern slopes of the Hertfordshire Chalk Downs. The Greenwich Meridian, which passes through the town, is identified by a signpost on the north side of Newmarket Road.
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had stayed there in 1551. Attracted by the suitability of the area for hunting, James hired the house for a year. In 1604 he decided to create a royal
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that was founded in the mid-19th century as the Royston Volunteer Band. The band celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2014.
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to negotiate the dowry, and a marriage contract was signed there. Following the marriage, celebrated on
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Politics, Religion and Romance: The Letters of Benjamin Flower and Eliza Gould Flower, 1794–1808
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and marches on London. Royston is where a battle takes place which fails to halt their advance.
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and others, and the business was run by the influential local Fordham family.
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2018:"Royston Parish Church celebrates 'festival of reopening' after fire"
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745:A Bonis Ad Meliora (From Good Things To Better)
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1967:"Firefighters tackle huge Royston church fire"
1924:(National Library of Wales, 2008), pp. 367–368
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431:to facilitate access to the hinterland of
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2413:Herts and Cambs Reporter and Royston Crow
2400:Herts and Cambs Reporter and Royston Crow
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1993:"Royston church fire not caused by arson"
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3612:List of civil parishes in Hertfordshire
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3219:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
3170:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
3069:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
3020:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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2191:"What is Royston First? What is a BID?"
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1883:Royston: Royal Palaces, Simon Thurley
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614:was established on Market Hill 1829.
547:on the south side of Baldock Street.
2952:
2791:
2046:, vol. 2 part 1 (Oxford, 1822), 502.
1582:
1512:
1487:Royston was the home town of writer
1294:In 2007 the scheme became one of 79
1170:Royston sits at the junction of the
2580:
2424:Local Government Board Order P 1173
2320:Royston Special Drainage District,
2150:Civic Heraldry of England and Wales
1965:Barrow, Georgia (9 December 2018).
1189:Nearby air transport links include
831:
824:In October 2008, the Royston First
13:
3014:"Cartwright, Thomas (1534/5–1603)"
2896:Singer, Mark (17 September 2007).
2717:National Heritage List for England
2598:
1944:National Heritage List for England
1778:
1437:
938:
915:Royston Urban District (1897–1974)
14:
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3344:
1605:
1375:. Other radio stations including
863:
840:, and also includes the towns of
629:
3651:European Parliament constituency
3107:"Event: Robin Belfield workshop"
2953:Dyer, Richard (21 August 2005).
2337:A Vision of Britain through Time
1858:"Hospitals: St Nicholas Royston"
1562:
1542:
1522:
1491:who devised the 1980s TV series
1239:
819:
663:Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
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50:
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4604:Civil parishes in Hertfordshire
4573:List of places in Hertfordshire
3314:
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3061:Stallybrass, Edward (1794–1884)
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2541:"Minutes of the Annual Meeting"
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783:
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520:Ralph de Rochester founded the
482:or Royston. A large boulder of
363:District of North Hertfordshire
58:
2925:Foskett, Ewan (1 March 2012).
2095:. Hertfordshire County Council
2068:"ROYSTON TOWN COUNCIL (HERTS)"
1991:Mountney, Dan (7 March 2019).
1927:
1914:
1887:
1876:
1864:. British History Online. 1948
1811:. British History Online. 1912
1753:
1742:
1017: • Succeeded by
543:in 1224 by Richard Argentine,
16:Town in Hertfordshire, England
1:
1939:"The Corn Exchange (1295632)"
1735:
1706:Astronomer and mathematician
1404:One of the carvings from the
826:Business Improvement District
707:
671:Frederick V, Elector Palatine
3726:King George V Playing Fields
3646:Parliamentary constituencies
3629:Hertfordshire County Council
3292:UK public library membership
3243:UK public library membership
3194:UK public library membership
3093:UK public library membership
3044:UK public library membership
2592:Hertfordshire County Council
2307:Royston Board of Guardians,
2115:Civic and Corporate Heraldry
1395:
1367:The town is covered by both
1328:(formed as a combination of
1265:Hertfordshire County Council
1165:
1157:
715:Arms of Royston Town Council
39:St John the Baptist, Royston
7:
3162:Crabb, Habakkuk (1750–1794)
2415:, 18 September 1896, page 8
2363:, 14 September 1894, page 8
2309:Cambridge Independent Press
2152:, 2nd edition, London, 1953
1703:were both born in the town.
1663:Theologian, and founder of
1463:. The book describes how a
1061: • County Council
856:and one is a member of the
638:King James' Palace, Royston
92:OS grid reference
21:Human settlement in England
10:
4620:
4540:Wholly unparished boroughs
3686:Grade II* listed buildings
3260:Andrews, Henry (1744–1820)
2788:, Accessed 29 January 2015
2606:"Royston railway crossing"
2129:Hooded Crow: Corvus cornix
1731:, Fore Street, in Royston.
1699:, and anatomical modeller
1453:was a fictional battle in
1326:King James Academy Royston
1319:Icknield Walk First School
1308:
1124:, Melbourn Street, Royston
788:The town council uses the
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3874:
3846:Nettleden with Potten End
3778:
3666:Settlements by population
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3462:
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3211:Towne, Joseph (1806–1879)
2516:"Royston (Hertfordshire)"
2411:The New County Boundary,
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1144:Local Government Act 1972
1083:Local Government Act 1894
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574:. After a visit in 1603,
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3681:Grade I listed buildings
3311:. Retrieved 11 July 2016
2871:Tibballs, Geoff (2003).
2712:"Royston Cave (1015594)"
2568:. The Greenwich Meridian
2477:, 8 October 1897, page 8
2311:, 17 August 1878, page 8
2284:"Royston Poor Law Union"
2136:26 November 2010 at the
2126:C. Michael Hogan. 2009.
1897:Brewers in Hertfordshire
1644:William Barrington-Coupe
1635:Television screenwriter
1467:invades England through
1373:BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
1369:BBC Three Counties Radio
1347:
1233:Royston railway crossing
1227:Royston railway crossing
1221:Govia Thameslink Railway
286:North East Hertfordshire
4158:Elstree and Borehamwood
2875:. Carlton. p. 10.
2739:"Royston Arts Festival"
2437:, 26 March 1897, page 5
2148:C Wilfrid Scott-Giles,
1920:Timothy D. Whelan, ed.
1894:Allan Whitaker (2006).
1621:Blues singer/guitarist
1569:Villanueva de la Cañada
1205:Royston railway station
1095:Melbourn Rural District
900:Rural Sanitary District
4599:Towns in Hertfordshire
4594:Royston, Hertfordshire
4072:Stanstead St Margarets
3228:10.1093/ref:odnb/27600
3179:10.1093/ref:odnb/22083
3078:10.1093/ref:odnb/48969
2546:. Royston Town Council
2402:, 5 April 1895, page 4
2324:, 13 June 1879, page 4
2248:www.north-herts.gov.uk
2093:"Royston Town Council"
2044:Ecclesiastical Memoirs
1838:. Royston Town council
1482:The Duchess Assignment
1423:in Buckinghamshire to
1408:
1330:Greneway Middle School
1125:
1103:Local Government Board
1091:Ashwell Rural District
1007: • Abolished
943:
873:Administrative history
809:
639:
597:
412:
376:It is situated on the
212:Postcode district
3402:Boroughs or districts
3029:10.1093/ref:odnb/4820
2520:Heraldry of the World
2282:Higginbotham, Peter.
1765:www.citypopulation.de
1403:
1245:Royston rail crossing
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1053:Contained within
942:
894:of 1872 and 1875 the
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637:
592:
410:
3351:Royston town council
3277:10.1093/ref:odnb/523
3164:, rev. M. J. Mercer"
2898:"Fantasia for Piano"
2495:Royston Town Council
2488:"Royston Town Trail"
1836:"History of Royston"
1688:, and meteorologist
1460:The Invasion of 1910
1334:Roysia Middle School
1301:projects to receive
997: • Created
886:In 1835 the Royston
603:. It was founded by
192:Sovereign state
4521:Northaw and Cuffley
4187:North Hertfordshire
3691:Scheduled monuments
3465:(cities in italics)
3429:North Hertfordshire
3160:"Alexander Gordon,
2982:"Loving Miss Hatto"
1805:"Parishes: Royston"
1692:grew up in Royston.
1592:Non-League football
1573:Comunidad de Madrid
1377:Heart Hertfordshire
1235:
1148:North Hertfordshire
1146:, becoming part of
1022:North Hertfordshire
702:Charles's execution
688:James's successor,
623:St John the Baptist
605:Edward King Fordham
333: /
132:North Hertfordshire
4027:Little Berkhamsted
3947:Brickendon Liberty
3927:Bishop's Stortford
3876:East Hertfordshire
3604:Welwyn Garden City
3482:Bishop's Stortford
3419:East Hertfordshire
3139:on 25 January 2010
2852:on 14 October 2012
2682:"The Royston Crow"
2269:"Your Councillors"
2024:. 29 November 2022
1673:Edward Stallybrass
1409:
1231:
1126:
944:
896:board of guardians
892:Public Health Acts
858:Conservative Party
698:Parliamentary army
694:English Civil Wars
679:St Valentine's Day
667:Princess Elizabeth
640:
484:red millstone grit
413:
378:Greenwich Meridian
337:52.0471°N 0.0202°W
278:UK Parliament
224:Dialling code
4581:
4580:
4488:(partly parished)
4442:(partly parished)
4381:(partly parished)
4190:(partly parished)
4163:Hertsmere Meriden
4145:(partly parished)
3879:(wholly parished)
3783:(partly parished)
3734:
3733:
3463:Major settlements
3434:City of St Albans
3388:Ceremonial county
3328:on 9 October 2011
3290:(Subscription or
3241:(Subscription or
3192:(Subscription or
3113:on 27 August 2017
3091:(Subscription or
3042:(Subscription or
3009:Patrick Collinson
2882:978-1-84442-667-6
2805:on 16 March 2011.
2688:. 13 January 2014
2271:. 23 August 2019.
2171:. 29 October 2008
2113:Geoffrey Briggs,
1907:978-0-9542189-7-3
1684:Theatre director
1669:Thomas Cartwright
1657:Loving Miss Hatto
1642:Husband and wife
1596:Royston Town F.C.
1583:Sport and leisure
1513:Town partnerships
1451:Battle of Royston
1425:Knettishall Heath
1417:Icknield Way Path
1288:
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1134:Royston Town Hall
1122:Royston Town Hall
1079:
1078:
976: • 1971
966: • 1901
953:
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850:Liberal Democrats
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675:Earl of Rochester
642:On 29 April 1603
621:parish church of
619:Church of England
560:lord of the manor
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142:Shire county
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3671:Lost settlements
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2767:. 7 October 2014
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