Observatories R-S

Name                     Acronym                 Date       Type*            Location             Association

(*G–Governmental; I–Institutional; Pr–Private; Pu–Public; S–School & U–University)
Radcliffe ObservatoryROO1772-1935UOxfordshireHornsby, Thomas
Reade’s ObservatoryReO1853-?PrBuckinghamshireReade, Joseph Bancroft
Reepham School ObservatoryRSO2000-SNorfolkReepham High School
Richard Lambert ObservatoryRLO1979-1996IBuckinghamshireLambert, Richard
Richardson’s ObservatoryRiO1853-1857IYorkshire – West RidingRichardson, William
Richmond Observatory1768-1840see King’s Observatory (KiOR)
Richmond Observatory1842-2012see Kew Observatory (KeOR)
Robert Roberts’s ObservatoryRO1800-1820sPrAngleseyRobert Roberts
Robert’s Observatorysee Robert’s Crowborough Observatory [ROC]
see Roberts’s Maghull Observatory [RMO]
see Roberts’s Rockferry Observatory [PRO]
Robert’s Crowborough ObservatoryROC1890-1904PrSussexRoberts, Isaac
Roberts’s Maghull ObservatoryRMO1882-1890PrLancashireRoberts, Isaac
Roberts’s Rockferry ObservatoryRRO1878-1882PrCheshireRoberts, Isaac
Roger Langdon’s ObservatoryRLOS1874-1909PrDevonLangdon, Roger
Roseland ObservatoryTRO2000-PrCornwallSheen, Brian
Rosse ObservatoryRosO1983-IYorkshire – West RidingWest Yorkshire Astronomical Society;
Royal Greenwich ObservatoryRGO1990-1998GCambridgeshireJones, Harold Spencer
Royal Greenwich ObservatoryRGOH1948-1990GSussex
Royal Hospital School ObservatoryRHSOG1849-1930sSCounty of LondonRoyal Hospital School; Lawson, Henry
Royal Naval Academy ObservatoryNAOP1765-c.1830SHampshireBayley, William
Royal Observatory, EdinburghROE1896 –GMidlothian
Royal Observatory, GreenwichROGL1675-1958GCounty of LondonSee RGO
Royal Observatory/Royal Observatory GreenwichROGN1998-PuCounty of London
Royal Society’s ObservatoryRSOLfl.1815-1820sICounty of LondonRoyal Society
Russell’s ObservatoryROWL1773-1779PrCounty of LondonRussell, William
St Andrew’s ObservatorySAO1675-?UFifeGregory, David
St Andrews University ObservatorySAUO1939-UFife 
St. Johns College ObservatorySJCOC1765-1859UCambridgeshireDunthorne, Richard; Ludlam, William; St. Johns College, Cambridge
Saunder’s ObservatorySaOC1894-1913PrBerkshireWellington College; Saunder, S.A.;
Savilian Professor’s House ObservatorySPHO1705-1710; 1842-1860UOxfordshireDonkin, William
Scots House Observatorysee Pattinson’s Observatory [PO]
Scottish Dark Sky Park ObservatorySDSPO2012PuAyrshireEast Ayr Council
Scott’s ObservatoryFeO1900sPrGlamorganScott, William
Scriven Bolton ObservatorySBO1913-1929PrYorkshire – West RidingBolton, Thomas Scriven
Seething ObservatorySOSN1994-INorfolkNorwich Astronomical Society (NNAS); Reepham High School
Sellers’s ObservatorySOMHL1930-1932PrCounty of LondonSellers, Francis J.
Selwyn’s observatorySeO1863-1874PrCambridgeshireEly Cathedral
Sherwood ObservatorySO1986-INottinghamshireMansfield & Sutton Astronomical Society (MaSAS)
Shirburn Castle ObservatoryUOO1739-1800sPrOxfordshireParker, George, second earl of Macclesfield
Shuckburgh ObservatoryShO1791-1804PrWarwickshireShuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William; Royal      Observatory, Greenwich
Simms’s Carshalton ObservatorySOC1851-1860PrSurreySimms, William
Sir Patrick Moore CentreSPMC2004-IChannel IslandsJersey Astronomy Club
Slatter’s ObservatorySOI1850-1861PrOxfordshireSlatter, John
Smyth’s ObservatorySOB1827-1839PrBedfordshireSmyth, W.H.
Snow’s ObservatorySOA1834-1854PrKentSnow, Robert
Solar Physics Observatorysee Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington [SPOSK]
 see Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge [SPOC]
Solar Physics Observatory, CambridgeSPOC1912-1946UCambridgeshireNewall, Robert Stirling
Solar Physics Observatory, South KensingtonSPOSK1879-1913GCounty of LondonLockyer, Joseph Norman; Board of Education
South’s ObservatorySee South’s Southwark Observatory [SOSL]
See South’s Campden Hill Observatory [SOCHL]
South’s Southwark ObservatorySOSL1816-1824PrCounty of LondonSouth, James
South’s Campden Hill ObservatorySOCHL1826-1870PrCounty of LondonSouth, James
Starfield Observatorysee Lassell’s Starfield Observatory [LSO]
Steavenson’s ObservatorySONL1930-1939PrCounty of LondonSteavenson, W.H.
Stuckey’s ObservatoryStOC2014-PrNorfolkStuckey, Mark
Stonyhurst College ObservatorySCO1838-SLancashireStonyhurst College
Swansea Astronomical Society ObservatorySASO1954-1976IGlamorganSwansea Astronomical          Society (SwAS)
Swansea Astronomical Society ObservatorySASO11978-?IGlamorganSwansea Astronomical          Society (SwAS)
Swivelton Lane ObservatorySLOH1968-1988I  HampshirePortsmouth Astronomical Group; Hampshire Astronomical Group (HaAG)