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{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|latitude = 52.0471
|longitude = -0.0202
|official_name = Royston
|population = 15,781
|population_ref = (2011 Census)<ref name= ONS/>
|civil_parish = Royston
|shire_district = [[North Hertfordshire]]
|shire_county = [[Hertfordshire]]
|region = East of England
|constituency_westminster = [[North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Hertfordshire]]
|post_town = ROYSTON
|postcode_district = SG8
|postcode_area = SG
|dial_code = 01763
|os_grid_reference = TL357406
|static_image = [[File:Royston Church - geograph.org.uk - 977495.jpg|240px]]
|static_image_caption = St John the Baptist, Royston
}}
'''Royston''' is a town and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[North Hertfordshire|District of North Hertfordshire]] and county of [[Hertfordshire]] in [[England]].
It is situated on the [[Prime meridian (Greenwich)|Greenwich Meridian]], which brushes the town's eastern boundary, and at the northernmost apex of the county on the same latitude as towns such as [[Milton Keynes]] and [[Ipswich]]. It is located {{convert|43|mi|km}} north of central London in a rural area.
Before the boundary changes of the 1890s, the boundary between [[Hertfordshire]] and [[Cambridgeshire]] ran east–west through the centre of town along the middle of Melbourn Street. The town has a population of 15,781.<ref name=ONS>[http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2011 : Parish Headcounts : North Hertfordshire''] Retrieved 2013-03-18</ref>
==History==
[[File:High Street, Royston - geograph.org.uk - 432255.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Looking north along High Street, Royston]]
The town grew at the crossing of two ancient thoroughfares, [[Ermine Street]] and the [[Icknield Way]] (cum Ashwell Street); the former was created after the [[Roman conquest of Britain|Roman conquest]], while the Icknield Way has long been accepted as a prehistoric routeway. The roads are sometimes called military roads as they were prepared or improved by [[Roman soldier]]s to facilitate access to the hinterland of [[Roman Britain]]. The modern equivalent to Icknield Way is the [[A505 road|A505]] which bypasses the town to the north. The [[A10 road (Great Britain)|A10]] follows the alignment of Ermine Street south of the town, but diverts before it reaches the crossroads. The [[A1198 road|A1198]], known as the Old North Road follows the alignment of Ermine Street northwards. [[Tumulus|Barrows]] on [[Goffers knoll|Goffers Knoll]] and [[Therfield Heath]] are evidence of prehistoric settlement.
A [[cross]], variously known as Royse's, Rohesia's, or [[Roisia's Cross]], was erected by the crossroads at an unknown date. It gave the settlement its earliest name of ''Crux Roesia'' or Roisia's Cross. By the 14th century this had become ''Roisia's Town'', ''Roiston'' or Royston.<ref name="vch">{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43614 |title=Parishes: Royston |accessdate=2008-06-10 |publisher=British History Online |work=A History of the County of Hertford: volume 3 |year=1912 }}</ref><ref name="townhistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.visionwebsites.co.uk/Contents/Text/Index.asp?SiteId=421&SiteExtra=6138782&TopNavId=385&NavSideId=8303 |title=History of Royston |accessdate=2008-06-10 |publisher=Royston Town council |date= }}</ref> A large boulder of [[gritstone|red millstone grit]], bearing a square socket, supposed to be the base of the cross, has been placed by the cross roads at the northern end of High Street.<ref name="townhistory"/>
Until 1540 the "vill" of Royston was divided between five parishes: [[Barkway]], [[Reed, Hertfordshire|Reed]] and [[Therfield]] in Hertfordshire and [[Melbourn]] and [[Kneesworth]] in Cambridgeshire. In that year it became a separate ecclesiastical parish, partly in each county.<ref name="vch"/>
Ralph de Rochester founded the [[Augustinian]] priory which originated as a chapel for three canons and was later expanded to seven or more [[regular canons]]. Royston had two hospitals or free chapels, as well as the monastery.
The hospital of [[John the Apostle|St John]] and [[Thomas Becket|St Thomas]] was founded for [[Leprosy|lepers]] in 1224 by Richard Argentine, [[High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire|Sheriff of Cambridgeshire]] on the south side of Baldock Street.<ref name="vch"/>
The hospital of [[St Nicholas]] was situated in the Cambridgeshire side of Royston. It was founded in about 1200 probably by Amphelise, a daughter of Richard the Chamberlain. In 1213 [[John of England|King John]] granted a fair to celebrate the feast of St Nicholas (8–9 May). The patronage of the hospital descended to Sir Giles Argentine, [[lord of the manor]] 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. The whole was suppressed in 1547.<ref name="vch"/><ref name=cambs48>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40025 |title=Hospitals: St Nicholas Royston |accessdate=2008-06-10 |work=A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 2 |publisher=British History Online |year=1948}}</ref>
The town having lost its monastic charter, the priory site was obtained by Robert Chester, a gentleman of the bedchamber to [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], who set up a market. Much of the town was given over to inns catering for travellers mainly travelling between London and [[York]].
[[File:The Old Palace - geograph.org.uk - 977444.jpg|right|thumb|200px|King James' Palace, Royston]]
On 29 April 1603 [[James VI of Scotland]] travelling to London to be crowned King James I of England, paused overnight at the Chester residence. His grandmother, [[Mary of Guise]], had stayed there in 1551.<ref>Strype, John, ''Ecclesiastical Memoirs'', vol.2 part 1, Oxford (1822), 502.</ref> Attracted by the suitability of the area for hunting, James hired the house for a year. In 1604 he decided to create a hunting lodge 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."<ref name="vch"/> The buildings were never extensive enough to cater for a full court, but provided a suitable spot for hunting, near enough to London for convenience and sufficiently far away to deter intrusion. The king created a strict prohibition on anyone from taking game from within 16 miles of Royston, and an elaborate infrastructure was established to support him in the pursuit of his sport. He returned almost every year to hunt and shoot.<ref name="vch"/>
[[Anne of Denmark|Queen Anne]] and [[Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales|Prince Henry]] visited the town once, in 1611–1612. Next year the queen opposed the marriage of her daughter, [[Elizabeth of Bohemia|Princess Elizabeth]] to [[Frederick V, Elector Palatine]], but the king came to Royston with the [[Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester|Earl of Rochester]] to negotiate the dowry which was signed there. Following the marriage, celebrated on [[St Valentine's Day]] 1613, the king, [[Charles I of England|Prince Charles]] and Frederick came to stay at Royston.<ref name="vch"/>
James' successor, [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] visited Royston less frequently than his father. In June 1647 he was brought through the town as a prisoner of the [[New Model Army|Parliamentary army]]. After Charles's death the royal buildings fell into disrepair. The Crown sold its last interests in the town in 1866.<ref name="vch"/>
[[William Cobbett]] mentions the town (somewhat gloomily) in his ''[[Rural Rides]]'':
<blockquote>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 Royston [which] is at the foot of this high poor land; or, rather in a dell, the open side of which looks towards the North. It is a common market town. Not mean, but having nothing of beauty about it... </blockquote>
Royston had a bank from about 1806 to 1896, when it merged into the grouping that became [[Barclays]]. It was founded by [[Edward King Fordham]] and others, and the business was run by the influential local Fordham family.<ref>{{cite book|author=Allan Whitaker|title=Brewers in Hertfordshire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rglxG7g4CNgC&pg=PA32|year=2006|publisher=Univ of Hertfordshire Press|isbn=978-0-9542189-7-3|pages=31–2}}</ref>
==Governance==
Royston has three tiers of local government at parish (town), district and county level.
===Town council===
Royston Town Council was formed in 1974 as the [[successor parish|successor]] to Royston Urban District Council. The council consists of fifteen councillors headed by a town mayor (currently Mayor lucille shears)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/New-mayor-Royston-Cllr-Victoria-HulstromAllen-takes-office/story-22378375-detail/story.html |title=Royston Town Council |accessdate=2008-06-10 |publisher=Royston Town Council |date= }}</ref> The councillors are elected for three [[ward (politics)|wards]] named Heath, Meridian and Palace. Among the town council's responsibilities are [[Allotment (gardening)|allotments]], [[Royston Cave]], Royston Museum, local festivals, public halls and the town's war memorial.<ref name=roystontc>{{cite web |url=http://www.hertsdirect.org/atozofservices/twcoun3y/twytow4y/779618 |title=Royston Town Council |accessdate=2008-06-10 |publisher=Hertfordshire County Council |date= }}</ref>
In December 2007 Royston Town Council was awarded the nationally recognised status of Quality Town Council. This Award confirms that Royston Town Council is run in accordance with the high standards required by the National Association of Local Councils and other government bodies.
====Coat of arms====
The town council uses the [[coat of arms]] granted to the urban district council in 1952.<ref name=roystontc/> The [[blazon]] of the arms is:<blockquote>''Argent a fesse gules thereon another chequy of the first and sable in chief two [[Tudor rose]]s 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 proper.''<ref>Geoffrey Briggs, ''Civic and Corporate Heraldry'', London, 1971</ref></blockquote>
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 [[hooded crow]], known within the region as a "Royston crow".<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=26307 ''Hooded Crow: Corvus cornix'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed, N. Stromberg]</ref> He stands on the "Royce Stone" in the town centre.<ref>C Wilfrid Scott-Giles, ''Civic Heraldry of England and Wales'', 2nd edition, London, 1953</ref>
====Royston First====
In October 2008, the Royston First [[Business improvement district#United Kingdom| Business Improvement District]] (BID) was proposed.<ref name="Royston Crow 29 October 2008">{{cite news | title= 'Everyone pays a little to gain a lot'|url= http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/everyone_pays_a_little_to_gain_a_lot_1_261919| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 29 October 2008| newspaper= [[Royston Crow (newspaper) |The Royston Crow]] | accessdate= 6 November 2016 }}</ref> It came into operation in April 2009 after a ballot of local businesses.<ref name="Royston First: What is a BID">{{cite web |url= http://www.roystonfirst.com/#what_is_royston_first |title= What is Royston First? What is a BID? |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= Royston First |publisher= | accessdate= 6 November 2016 }}</ref> A second such ballot in 2014 granted the organisation a further five-year mandate until April 2019.<ref name="Royston Crow 13 February 2014">{{cite news | title= Royston First Business Improvement District given green light for new five-year term| url= http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/royston_first_business_improvement_district_given_green_light_for_new_five_year_term_1_3318341| last= Gooding| first= Matthew| date= 13 February 2014| newspaper= [[Royston Crow (newspaper) |The Royston Crow]] | accessdate= 6 November 2016 }}</ref>
===District council===
Since 1974 Royston has formed part of the non-metropolitan district of North Hertfordshire. The council is based at [[Letchworth]], and also includes the towns of [[Baldock]] and [[Hitchin]]. There are 49 district councillors elected for 24 wards. The three wards of Royston Heath, Royston Meridian and Royston Palace return 2 councillors each. As of 2011 five councillors are members of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and one is a [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/aksnherts/users/public/admin/main.pl?op=ListCurrentMembers |title=District Councillors |accessdate=2011-08-16 |publisher=North Hertfordshire District Council |year=2011 }}</ref>
===County council===
Hertfordshire County Council has 77 councillors, of which one is elected for the Royston electoral division. The current councillor (as of 2008) is a member of the majority Conservative group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hertsdirect.org/yrccouncil/councillors/PublishedMembersListsDirectory/PublishedMembersList_byDistrict |title=County Councillors |accessdate=2008-06-10 |publisher=Hertfordshire County Council |date= }}{{dead link|date=August 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==Geography==
The town lies on the northern slopes of the Hertfordshire Chalk Downs.<ref name="vch"/> The Greenwich Meridian passes through the point where the bypass meets the original A505 alignment. The town centre is just 1-minute 27 seconds west of the meridian.
==Transport==
Royston sits at the junction of the [[A10 road (Great Britain)|A10]] and [[A505 road|A505]] 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 [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1(M)]] and [[M11 motorway|M11]] motorways.
Air transport links located nearby include both [[London Luton]] and [[London Stansted]] airports, both of which are major air hubs in the [[south of England]].
The [[Royston railway station]] provides direct commuter links to both London and Cambridge. It is on the [[Cambridge Line]] and is a stopping point for regular services operated by [[Great Northern Route]].
===Royston railway crossing===
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A new rail crossing for pedestrians and cyclists was opened in 2012. The crossing links the northern part of the town with the leisure centre and the main complex of schools. Two options were proposed, a bridge with an estimated cost of £1.5m and the eventually successful subway option estimated at £3.25m. Two locations were also under consideration; one at the ‘Coombes Hole’ allotment gardens area and a second connecting Green Street and Morton Street. Sustrans elected to build a subway at 'Coombes Hole' allotment gardens.<ref name=HCC>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.hertsdirect.org/yrccouncil/civic_calendar/archive/Highways%2520%26%2520Transport%2520Panel_5/Item%25204.doc
|title=ROYSTON RAILWAY CROSSING – Report of the Director of the Environment
|publisher=[[Hertfordshire County Council]]
|date=30 March 2006
|accessdate=2009-0-0}}</ref>
In 2007 the scheme became one of 79 [[Sustrans]] [[Connect2]] projects to receive [[Big Lottery Fund|Big Lottery]] funding. The Connect2 project makes reference only to the subway option.<ref name=C2>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.sustransconnect2.org.uk/schemes/project_detail.php?id=98
|title=Royston railway crossing
|publisher=[[Sustrans]]
|accessdate=2009-07-07}}</ref>
==Schools==
Royston's school are arranged as:
First Schools (Years Reception–4) : [[Icknield Walk First School]]; Roman Way First School; Studlands Rise First School; Tannery Drift First School.
Middle Schools (Years 5–8) : [[Greneway Middle School, Royston|Greneway Middle School]];[[Roysia Middle School]];
Upper Schools (Years 9-11) : [[Meridian School, Royston|The Meridian School]]
Colleges (Years 12–13) : [[Meridian School, Royston|The Meridian Sixth Form College]]
Additionally there is St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School (Years N-6)
==Landmarks==
[[File:Royston Cave.jpg|thumb|right|one of the carvings from the cave|150px]]
The public open space and nature reserve of [[Therfield Heath]] (also known as Royston Heath) overlooks the town from a hill to the south-west. The [[Icknield Way Path]] passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from [[Ivinghoe Beacon]] in Buckinghamshire to [[Knettishall Heath]] in Suffolk.
In 1742 a strange cave carved out of the chalk was discovered in the centre of Royston. [[Royston Cave]] is located underneath the central crossroads of the town. The carvings in the cave have led to much speculation about the origin and function of the cave.
==Culture==
[[Royston Arts Festival]] was revived in 2007 and now runs annually around the last week of September or the first week of October.<ref name="Royston Arts Festival">{{cite web |url=http://www.roystonartsfest.org/aboutus.html | title=Royston Arts Festival |accessdate=2010-04-10 }}</ref> Royston Town Band is a [[Brass band (British style)|brass band]] that was founded in the mid-19th century as the Royston Volunteer Band. The band celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/come_along_to_free_concert_to_mark_royston_town_band_s_150th_anniversary_1_3797446 | title=Come along to free concert to mark Royston Town Band’s 150th anniversary |accessdate=2015-06-23 }}</ref>
The ''Battle of Royston'' was a fictive battle in [[William Le Queux]]' ''[[The Invasion of 1910]]''. The book describes how a [[Imperial German Army|German Army]] invades England through [[East Anglia]] and marches on London. Royston is where a fictional battle takes place which fails to halt their advance.
=== Town partnerships ===
Royston and District Twinning Association coordinates twinning relationships with the following partner towns:<ref>[http://www.roystontowntwinning.org/ Royston & District Twinning Association], Accessed 29 January 2015</ref>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Großalmerode]], [[Hessen]], [[Germany]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[La Loupe]], [[Eure-et-Loir]], [[France]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Villanueva de la Cañada]], [[Comunidad de Madrid]], [[Spain]]
==Sport and leisure==
Royston Golf Club is situation on the Therfield Heath and was established in 1892. Has 18 holes, a range of practice facilities, pro shop and welcoming clubhouse.
Royston Town F.C. has a [[Non-League football]] club, [[Royston Town F.C.]], which plays at Garden Walk.
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<ref name=RUFC>[http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/roystonrfc/s/team-info-29021.html]</ref> – its Girls' U15 side has won the Herts Shield for the last two seasons.
==Notable people==
Several musicians originate from Royston, including trumpeter [[Alison Balsom]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Alison's musical training from the start... |url=http://www.alisonbalsom.com/bio/ |date= |work=alisonbalsom.com |publisher= |accessdate=2009-06-26}}</ref> blues singer/guitarist [[Danny Bryant]], singing coach [[Carrie Grant]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.addenbrookes.org.uk/news/news2005/may/crohn%27s%20disease_100505.html|title=TV celebrity highlights Crohn’s disease|publisher=Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|accessdate=2010-07-29}}</ref> and husband and wife [[William Barrington-Coupe]] and [[Joyce Hatto]], perpetrators of "the greatest hoax in classical music".<ref name="The New Yorker 17 September 2007">{{cite news |last= Singer |first= Mark |title= Fantasia for Piano|url= http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/09/17/fantasia-for-piano | date= 17 September 2007|work= [[The New Yorker]] |location=New York City| accessdate= 16 May 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Royston Crow 1 March 2012">{{cite news | title= Exclusive: Husband of pianist in recording scandal speaks to The Crow |url= http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/exclusive_husband_of_pianist_in_recording_scandal_speaks_to_the_crow_1_1224693| last= Foskett| first= Ewan |date= 1 March 2012| newspaper= [[Royston Crow (newspaper)|The Royston Crow]] | accessdate= 16 May 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Boston Globe 21 August 2005">{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Dyer |title=After recording 119 CDs, a hidden jewel comes to light |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2005/08/21/after_recording_119_cds_a_hidden_jewel_comes_to_light/ |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=21 August 2005 |accessdate=18 May 2016 }}</ref><ref name="BBC Loving Miss Hatto">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pm5m5 |title= Loving Miss Hatto |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | website= [[BBC Online]] |publisher= | accessdate= 18 May 2016 }}</ref>
Theologian, and founder of [[Presbyterianism]] in England, [[Thomas Cartwright (Puritan)|Thomas Cartwright]], is reported to have born in Royston,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4820 |author=
[[Patrick Collinson]]|title=Cartwright, Thomas (1534/5–1603)|accessdate=2008-06-10 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 }}</ref> as was fellow theologian [[Edward Stallybrass]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48969 |title=C. R. Bawden, ''Stallybrass, Edward (1794–1884)'' |accessdate=2008-06-10 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 }}</ref> Theatre director [[Robin Belfield]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Event: Robin Belfield workshop|url=http://www.roystonartsfest.org/robin_belfield_workshop.htm | accessdate=2010-04-10}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and meteorologist [[Simon King (meteorologist)|Simon King]] grew up in Royston,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/about/newsid_7844000/7844701.stm|title=Simon King|publisher=BBC Weather|accessdate=2010-05-28 | date=17 December 2009}}</ref> and poet [[Thomas Peyton (poet)|Thomas Peyton]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22083 |title=
Alexander Gordon, ''Crabb, Habakkuk (1750–1794)'', rev. M. J. Mercer |accessdate=2008-06-10 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 }}</ref> and anatomical modeller [[Joseph Towne]] were both born in the town.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27600 |title=
John Maynard, ''Towne, Joseph (1806–1879)'' |accessdate=2008-06-10 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 }}</ref> Astronomer and astrologer [[Henry Andrews (mathematician)|Henry Andrews]] moved to Royston in 1766 and is buried in the graveyard of St John's Church.<ref name="townhistory"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/523 |title= Patrick Curry, ''Andrews, Henry (1744–1820)''|accessdate=2008-06-10 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 }}</ref> British author [[Helen Bailey]] was a resident of the town at the time of her disappearance in April 2016.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36066699 "Concern grows for missing author Helen Bailey", ''BBC News'', 17 April 2016]. Retrieved 11 July 2016</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Royston}}
*[http://www.roystontowncouncil.gov.uk Royston town council]
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