Royston 1904

Detailed map of Royston. Yorkshire Sheet 262.12. Introduction by Alan Godfrey. This detailed map covers the village - or small town - of Royston, about three miles north of Barnsley. Most of the village is covered, with coverage extending from the Railway Hotel eastward to Whincover and Royston Bridge, and from the GCR station southward to the Old Ring of Bells pub. Features include St John's church, Chantry House, old Grammar School, stretches of the Barnsley Canal, Ship Inn (original site at Whincover), short stretch of Midland Railway and Monckton Main Colliery Railway, GCR 'Barnsley Coal Railway Extension' with Notton for Royston station, Manor House, Applehaigh, Wellfield House etc. On the reverse we include directories of Royston for both 1889 and 1936.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). This edition published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett