About the Group
The Royston Heritage Group has been established to gain a better understanding of the development of Royston, a medieval town in north Hertfordshire.
Our Aims
Among the group’s objectives are -
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To engage the interest of as wide an audience of the people of Royston as possible, and involve them in, and enthuse them about, the town’s rich heritage
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To understand better the social and economic development of Royston
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To research and date some individual historic buildings in the town chosen from amongst Royston’s 161 buildings ‘listed’ by Historic England
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To ensure that the results of the research e.g. data, artefacts, documents, etc, are permanently available at local, county and national level museums, Environmental Records Offices, the Archaeological Data Service, and similarly appropriate organizations
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To interpret, disseminate and share with the local community as widely as possible the results of the research, both historic and scientific
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To contribute to a better public understanding of Royston’s heritage and its significance locally and nationally
Executive Committee
The project is run, day to day, by an executive committee of four people -
Rodney Dyer, Chairman
Peter Ranson, Secretary
Michael Wright, Treasurer
Dr. Andrew Barclay, Committee member
Funding
The executive committee would like to thank the Brian Leslie Racher 2004 Charitable Trust for generously funding the first year of the project’s activities. The work of the group would not be possible without their support.
With thanks ...
The group would like to honour the contribution to this project made by Neville Chuck. He was instrumental in the original efforts to transcribe the 1610 survey. Neville sadly passed away in June 2022 and the committee wish to acknowledge the work he did.
We also wish to acknowledge the contribution made by F. John Smith to the early work in researching the deeds to local properties. F. John passed away in December 2021.
Specialist Expertise
In order to help us ensure these aims are met we have been fortunate to have the help of several specialist in their fields. These include -
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The Dendrochonology Unit of the Geography Department of Cambridge University
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The Radio Carbon dating facilities at Bristol University
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The Department of Geography, Swansea University (for Stable Isotope analysis)
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Historians with expertise in architectural dating, documentation transcription and landscape interpretation
Supported by the Brian Leslie Racher 2004 Charitable Trust
Copyright
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