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Royston

Royston is a suburban village within the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in , England. Historically, the village formed part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but was incorporated into the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley in 1974 and is now on the border with .
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Photo: Chemical Engineer, Public domain.
  • Type: Town with 9,580 residents
  • Description: village within the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Royston, Barnsley” and “Royston, South Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross.

Church
Photo: Chemical Engineer, Public domain.
The is the in the village of Royston in , England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a coking plant near Royston in , England. The plant opened in 1884 and was closed 130 years later in 2014, being one of the last remnants of the coal industry in Yorkshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carlton and Athersley.

Village
Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in , England. It is situated between the villages of and Royston.

Suburb
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is a in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, , England.

Neighborhood
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a housing estate in in , . The 'New Lodge' estate is located to the north of Barnsley on the A61 near . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Royston.

Royston

Latitude
53.5983° or 53° 35′ 54″ north
Longitude
-1.45694° or 1° 27′ 25″ west
Population
9,580
Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ZCU
Open location code
9C5WHGXV+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27330616
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2639017
Wiki­data ID
Q1617071
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Royston” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Royston (Hegoaldeko Yorkshire)”
  • Basque: “Royston”
  • Cebuano: “Royston”
  • Dutch: “Royston”
  • French: “Royston”
  • German: “Royston”
  • Irish: “Royston”
  • Italian: “Royston”
  • Persian: “رویستون، یورک‌شر جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Royston”
  • Spanish: “Royston”
  • Swedish: “Royston, South Yorkshire”
  • Swedish: “Royston”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Royston”. Photo: Chemical Engineer, Public domain.