15 Facts About Royston Hertfordshire

Until 1540 Royston was divided between five parishes: Barkway, Reed and Therfield in Hertfordshire and Melbourn and Kneesworth in Cambridgeshire.

Royston Hertfordshire had two hospitals or free chapels, as well as the monastery.

Royston Hertfordshire had a local bank, called the Royston Hertfordshire Bank, from about 1806 to 1896, when it merged into the grouping that became Barclays.

Church of England parish Church of St John the Baptist, Royston, Hertfordshire was severely damaged by a fire that broke out in the early morning of 9 December 2018, with the blaze destroying part of the roof and bell tower.

Royston Hertfordshire has three tiers of local government at parish, district and county level.

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Since 1974 Royston has formed part of the non-metropolitan district of North Hertfordshire.

Parish of Royston was created in 1540 from parts of the parishes of Barkway, Reed and Therfield in Hertfordshire and Melbourn and Kneesworth in Cambridgeshire.

Therefore, when the Local Government Act came into force at the end of the year, Royston parish was split along the county boundary through the middle of the town into a Royston parish and a Royston parish.

Question of how the town of Royston Hertfordshire should be governed took another couple of years to resolve.

Royston Hertfordshire Cave is located underneath the central crossroads of the town.

Royston Hertfordshire Town Band is a brass band that was founded in the mid-19th century as the Royston Hertfordshire Volunteer Band.

Battle of Royston Hertfordshire was a fictional battle in William Le Queux' The Invasion of 1910.

Royston Hertfordshire is where a battle takes place which fails to halt their advance.

Royston Hertfordshire is a named location toward the end of the novel About a Boy, but is not named in the film adaptation.

Royston Hertfordshire has a Non-League football club, Royston Hertfordshire Town FC, which plays at Garden Walk.