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ROYSTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1750.

"ROYSTON, a parish in the W.R. of Yorkshire."

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"MONK BRETON, in the parish of Royston, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, near Barnesley, had a priory, which, at the Diss. was purchased by Will. Blythman of Leeds, and became the seat of his family."

[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Stephen Whatley's England's Gazetteer, 1750]