The ''Royston Crow'' is a newspaper published in
Royston, Hertfordshire
Royston is a town and civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.
It is situated on the Greenwich Meridian, which brushes the town's eastern boundary, and at the northernmost apex of the count ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. It was founded by John Warren in 1855. The newspaper is now a weekly publication, part of the
Archant
Archant Limited is a newspaper and magazine publishing company headquartered in Norwich, England. The group publishes four daily newspapers, around 50 weekly newspapers, and 80 consumer and contract magazines.
Archant employs around 1,250 empl ...
group. The newspaper's name is taken from a local name for the bird
hooded crow
The hooded crow (''Corvus cornix''), also called the scald-crow or hoodie, is a Eurasian bird species in the genus ''Corvus''. Widely distributed, it is found across Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle Eas ...
(''Corvus cornix'').
[C. Michael Hogan. 2009]
See also
*
Carrion crow
The carrion crow (''Corvus corone'') is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae and the genus ''Corvus'' which is native to western Europe and the eastern Palearctic.
Taxonomy and systematics
The carrion crow was one of the many species or ...
Line notes
References
* C. Michael Hogan. 2009
''Hooded Crow: Corvus cornix'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed, N. Stromberg* ''Newspaper Press Directory''. 1905. Volume 60, Great Britain
* William White, ''
Notes and Queries
''Notes and Queries'', also styled ''Notes & Queries'', is a long-running quarterly scholarly journal that publishes short articles related to " English language and literature, lexicography, history, and scholarly antiquarianism".From the inne ...
'', Volume 199,
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...
, 1954, p. 158
External links
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Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom
Newspapers published in Hertfordshire
Publications established in 1855
Archant
Royston, Hertfordshire
Companies based in North Hertfordshire District
1855 establishments in England
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