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Town Trail #10-12
from STONES Vol.6
No. 33 & 35 London Road.
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From the top of the high street, continue your walk up London Road. Note the blue plaque on the wall of the houses on your right. This was the home of Lord Mounteagle, who was warned not to attend the opening of Parliament in 1605. This information was passed on to the King, which subsequently led to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot.
Continue your walk up the road to No. 33 and 35 (pictured) and you will find the only remaining thatched houses in Royston, which was where there was once a public house named 'The Three Horseshoes'.
Being careful, cross over the main road and head down the 'Warren', aptly named due to the land use in medieval times, for keeping rabbits. Rabbits were introduced to England by the Normans and were kept by monks as an alternative to eating fish on fast days.
The car park on your left hand side was once covered with grass, and in Victorian times, was used by local washerwomen for airing clothes. These women lived here in a small group of cottages, situated where the bus stop is now located. This is also the location for one of England's first optical glass factories.
