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ROYSTON , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Hitchin See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hertfordshire, See also:England, See also:close to the border of See also:Cambridgeshire, 48 m. N. of See also:London by the See also:Cambridge See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 3517. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:John the Baptist is mainly See also:Early See also:English. There are a market See also:house, and See also:institute with library and museum. Beneath a See also:street in the town is a curious example of a See also:hermit's See also:cave, excavated in the See also:chalk, and containing See also:rude carvings of the crucifixion and other sacred subjects. It was discovered in 1742. The town lies on the See also:Roman See also:Ermine Street, at the point where it strikes from the hills across the See also:plain, and its straight course is deflected slightly W. Roman See also:relics have been found, and several barrows and See also:earth-mounds occur on the neighbouring hills. A monastery of Augustinian canons was founded here towards the close of the 12th See also:century, but there are no remains.
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