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To find out more about the services we provide in Royston please click on the 'Information and Surveys in this Area' box above.

All our surveyors are properly equipped with the latest tools, for example, laser levels, electronic damp meters and digital cameras.

By booking a survey in Royston or the surrounding area with 1st Associated.co.uk you will get a personal service, our surveyors are always available to talk about the survey and answer any of your questions and will offer useful advice on your potential purchase - this can help with a Quick Sale of the property you are purchasing.

Facts and places of interest in and around Royston

Interesting Facts about Royston

• The town centre is just 1 minute 27 seconds west of the meridian.

• The Roisia Cross was named after Lady Roisia who was the wife of William the Conqueror's steward, Eudo Dapifer.

• In 1742 an unusual medieval cave which had been carved out of chalk was found under the crossroads where Ermine Street crosses with Icknield Way.

• Royston Cave has medieval carvings and it has been speculated by a local historian that there could be a link with the Knights Templar. Others scholars suggest it may have been used by a hermit with something to do with the priory.

• The Royston Cave was used in 1992 for the re-emergence of the London Psychogeographical Association following 35 years of occultation.

• It was in Royston that negotiations took place regarding the marriage between James I's daughter Elizabeth and Frederick V.

• The original compiler of Old Moore's Almanack was Henry Andrews, and he is buried in the churchyard in Royston.

• The founder of Presbyterianism in England , Thomas Cartwright, was born in Royston.

• Joseph Towne was born in Royston and became a medical sculptor. His was models can be found in Guy's Hospital museum in London.

• Royston was twinned in 1974 with Grossalmerode in Germany , formed in 1974 and then in 1986 with La Loupe in France.

• In the 1600s the Hooded Crow (corvus commix) was commonly seen in the Royston area, so much so that it was named the ‘Royston Crow'. During the civil war the Roundheads of Oliver Cromwell's army had a scuffle with local Cavalier supporters and tried to insult them by calling them ‘crows'; this name stuck and today the local newspaper is called the ‘Royston Crow'.

   

Places of Interest in and around Royston

Royston and District Museum

The Royston Museum exhibits items telling the story of the medieval market town of Royston and the local area around. The history of Royston is shown in the Royston Tapestry which shows well the history of the area and the towns past.

The museum also holds a good collection of 19th and 20th century ceramics and glass along with Laurence McGowan's wonderful Royston Charger, made to commemorate the beginning of a new millennium.

Also on display are photographs, documents and newspapers from the past along with textiles and costumes as well as etchings and paintings by E Herbert Whydale.

Royston Cave

Royston Cave is located underneath Melbourn Street in Royston, not far from the Royse Stone and the Cross. Royston Cave is a structure made by man in medieval days and dug out of the chalk.

The cave is has a number of medieval carvings on the walls and some of them are believed to be of the Saints Lawrence, Catherine and Christopher.

The cave was found in 1742 by workmen and in 1790 excavations took place and fascinating medieval carvings were found.

The Cave is now a Grade I archaeological site.

1stAssociated carry out surveys on Listed properties and one of our surveyors has a particular interest in the preservation of Listed buildings. However, we have never been asked to provide a survey on a medieval manmade cave before - now that would be interesting!

Shepreth Wildlife Park, Willersmill

Shepreth Wildlife Park is a main tourist attraction in the area and is situated around three lakes. Here you can see all sorts of animals including monkeys, tigers and lemurs and all sorts of animals along with reptiles and birds and insects.

There is also an adventure playground to enjoy too with picnic areas.

Therfield Heath

Therfield Heath is a fine chalk grassland area which has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Local Nature Reserve. The area has a Neolithic Long barrow and several Bronze Age barrows (see below).

There are lots of nice walks here, some parts are a fairly steep in areas, and great views can be obtained of Royston from a hill to the south and views across Cambridgeshire can also be enjoyed. A great place to fly a kite or ride a horse.

Therfield Heath Barrow Cemetery

Therfield Heath barrow cemetery consists of twelve round barrows and one long barrow. The long barrow is from the Neolithic age from around 4000-2300 B.C. and the round barrows are from the Bronze Age from around 2300-750 B.C.

Excavation of these types of mounds generally have ashes from one cremation usually held in a pottery jar and some have items that could be used in the afterlife; many of these mounds here have been excavated and were discovered to be like this. Some of the mounds were found to have been used for later pagan burials.

We have seen many surveys over the years, building surveys, structural surveys and engineers' reports.  To be polite they are often not written in plain English, we call it 'surveyor speak'.

Our report format is aimed at making our surveys very readable, especially for people who are not surveyors.  We aim to eliminate 'surveyor speak' from our survey reports and make them understandable without any prior knowledge being required.

What is just as bad is when the chartered surveyor is "too busy" to help you understand what they wrote!  We always speak to the client before, during and after the survey has been carried out.

If you need clarification on something in a surveyors report we will try and help even if its not one of our surveys! Just give us a phone call or send your poor surveyors reports to badsurveys@1stassociated.co.uk  and we will do our best to help.

If you are interested in buying a residential property in Royston or taking a lease on a commercial property in Royston then we would be pleased to offer you our professional services. As Chartered Surveyors we provide building Surveys, structural surveys, engineer's reports, homebuyers reports as well as schedule of conditions, commercial building surveys, feasibility studies etc all carried out by independent Chartered Surveyors. We would always recommend that you have a survey carried out on a property you intend to purchase in Royston and the surrounding area.

If you want a Quick Sale process in the area of Royston then:

Contact us on 0800 298 5424 for help and advice.