Royston

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

    "Royston Gower was the man to whom De Marchmont had trusted this mission; he was a hardy old soldier, one who had been to the Holy Land, and seen blood spilt as plentifully as water; - - -"

  3. 3
    A town and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, on the Cambridgeshire border (OS grid ref TL3541).
  4. 4
    A large village in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3611).
  5. 5
    A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6066).
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  1. 6
    A seaside hamlet on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. 7
    A city in Franklin County, Hart County and Madison County, Georgia, United States.
  3. 8
    A ghost town in Fisher County, Texas, United States.

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"Royston Gower was the man to whom De Marchmont had trusted this mission; he was a hardy old soldier, one who had been to the Holy Land, and seen blood spilt as plentifully as water; - - -"

Etymology

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

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