Royston

Royston is on the border of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. The town is named after the Wayside Cross erected by Lady Roysia. The town was a favourite hunting base for King James 1 who built a hunting lodge in the town.

It is at the intersection of 2 major ancient roadways :

Icknield Way or Via Icenia, was first used during the Iron Age, possibly 2000 years ago by an ancient tribe of Celts called the Iceni. The most famous Iceni was Queen Boudica (died 60 AD). At a later date the Icknield way was romanised by Caesar. It runs from near Falmouth towards East Anglia
Ermine Street which is the Anglo-Saxon name of a major Roman road in England that ran from London (Londinium) to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) and York (Eboracum).

It lies on 2 Ley Lines is just off the Greenwich Meridian

One of its most famous attractions is the Royston Cave which we visited in August 2003 . It lies on 2 Ley Lines, and the Cave could have been originally an ancient religious site taken over by the Templars for their own ceremonies.

The very first house John & Judy looked at with a view to purchase (1st of 64!) was a timber framed house in Mulberry Court, Royston

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