Royston may refer to:

Places

Australia

Royston, Queensland Royston is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Royston had a population of 336 people. Geography The D'Aguilar Highway passes through the south of Royston where the Stanley River marks the southern bou ...

, a rural locality

Canada

Royston, British Columbia Royston is an unincorporated community that is part of the greater Comox Valley region, 100 km northwest of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost Provinces and t ...

, a small hamlet

England

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 county ...

, a town and civil parish, formerly partly in Cambridgeshire * Royston, South Yorkshire, a suburban village, near Barnsley, and Wakefield * Royston Vasey, a fictional town in the television series ''The League of Gentlemen''

Scotland

* Royston, Glasgow, a district of Glasgow, traditionally known as ''Garngad''

United States

* Royston, Georgia, a town * Royston, Texas, a ghost town

Surname

Royston is an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

Toponymic Surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

, and comes from a place in

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham. I ...

named

Royston Royston may refer to: Places Australia *Royston, Queensland, a rural locality Canada *Royston, British Columbia, a small hamlet England *Royston, Hertfordshire, a town and civil parish, formerly partly in Cambridgeshire *Royston, South Yorkshi ...

People

* Royston Drenthe (born 1987), Dutch football player * Royston Ellis (born 1941), English writer * Royston Ffrench (born 1975), British jockey *Royston Evans (1884–1977), Australian cricketer and soccer player, commonly known as Mac Evans * Royston Gabe-Jones (1906–1965), Welsh cricketer *Royston or Roy Goodacre (born 1967), British Microbiologist and Analytical Chemist * Royston Nash, English conductor * Royston Tan (born 1976), Singaporean film-maker *Royston Vasey, real name of English comedian

Roy 'Chubby' Brown Roy Chubby Brown (born 3 February 1945) is an English stand-up comedian whose act consists of offensive humour, high profanity, forthright social commentary and outspoken disdain for political correctness. Early life Roy Chubby Brown (born ...

* Henry Royston (1819–1873), English cricketer * Ivor Royston, American physician and entrepreneur *Brigadier General John Royston (1860–1942), South African-born British army officer *

Richard Royston Richard Royston (1601 in Oxford – November 1686) was an English bookseller and publisher, bookseller to Charles I, Charles II and James II. Royston, the son of an Oxford tailor Richard Royston and Alice Tideman, was admitted a freeman of th ...

(1601-1686), English bookseller and publisher * Robert Royston (1918–2008), master landscape architect *

Shad Royston Shad Royston (born 29 November 1982) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s, he played over 200 professional games in the United Kingdom. He spent more than half his professional career with Halif ...

(born 1982), Australian rugby league player