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Royston, The Stone c.1955
Photo ref:
R63011
More about this scene
It is said that the town took its name from Lady Roysia's Stone, and that the stone itself was the base for the Market Cross. Royston is a relatively modern town - it is not mentioned in the Domesday Book - which grew up at the crossing of Ermine Street and the Icknield Way; it was not officially recognised until the late 1800s. The town was 'carved' out of four parishes - Bassingbourn and Melbourn in Cambridgeshire and Therfield and Barkway in Hertfordshire. Lady Roysia's manor of Newsells lay in the parish of Barkway. The stone has been moved several times, and is now located on the opposite side of the Icknield Way.
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