The Town House at Barley is a beautiful building and has been a feature in the village for more than 500 years. Built in 1526, it is thought to have replaced a similar building which had already existed for four hundred years. In 1609 a court session in Buntingford resulted in the jury deciding that […]
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Probably one of the best ever attended Friday evening meet ups of classic vehicles on the village green at Barrington on Friday evening. No doubt the balmy evening weather certainly assisted the gathering of almost 100 resplendent machines representing over 70 years of motoring, and attracting a record crowd of admirers.
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Until the Court House was built in 1853 The Old Bull Inn (then The Black Bull) served as the Court House and Police Station for Royston. The County Court House was erected on Fish Hill in 1849, apparently on the site of a ‘tinkers shop which had a farm homestead behind it’ (Kingston 1906, 202*).
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We are all so proud at The Listing Magazine today as we celebrate winning the top awards at the Cambridge Building Society Community Magazine Awards last night at Cambridge United Football Club. We scooped the Silver Award for The Listing SG8 Villages and Gold for The Listing Royston Magazines in The Cambridge Building Society Community Magazine Awards, in the top category
A building has stood on the site of the impressive red brick 19th century building in the Jacobethan style that is now a residential and dementia care home, since around 1100. Located next to the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, which gave the care home its name, the current building served as the rectory
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An exciting water based splash park has officially opened to all members of the public over the weekend. The new & free splash park is located in Priory Memorial Gardens, Royston and will stay open over the summer months. The splash park includes features such as a May pole, interactive water jets and even play
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On Wednesday 15th June the country lanes around Meldreth once again echoed to the vibrant roar of hundreds of motor cycles from all parts of Britain as the annual bike fest kicked in. This year, for the first time, this major event was held at Marley Internit’s Social Club, with profits being donated to Meldreth Manor,
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As you can imagine, not much passes us by here at The Listing. We all live in Royston and our office is now on John Street in the Town Centre, so we keep pretty close to what’s going on. Whilst there are of course areas for improvement in Royston (as there is in every small
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Carved with pride… We often think of people who carve their initials in buildings as vandals but Great Chishill windmill has some from 300 years ago that were carefully cut with workmanship and obvious pride. JS in 1712 is presumed to have been one of the Soame family who owned the mill along with much
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MF Tennis Coaching programme is growing fast. High quality coaching is now not only held at Royston Tennis Club, but also Melbourn Tennis Club and Barley Tennis Club with plans to grow the programme further. Now with 2 qualified coaches, Matt Fellingham, and Nathan O’Looney, along with many level 1 and 2 qualified assistant coaches.
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