Histon Gallery
The views in and around Histon.
The large village of Histon lies north of Cambridge. The Village sign was erected in 1999 and shows the brook and ducks. It also shows Moses Carter the Histon Giant (1801-1860); The Churches; A Percheron horse (First introduced into this country by J. Stanley Chivers) and Strawberry and Strawberry leaf (Chiver’s famous strawberry jam). |
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The railway line from Cambridge to St. Ives was opened in 1847 across the parish, with a station next to the Impington boundary where the line crossed the Cambridge road. The station closed in 1970 but a single-track freight line remained until 1986 when it shut for all rail services. |
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Histon village green and Brook The village green and brook are situated in the centre of the village. There are still some old thatched cottages around the green, and it makes for a great place to stop for a rest.
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Chivers jam factory was established in 1874. The firm's later growth made Histon a centre of employment for a wide area of Cambridgeshire. |
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the Histon Giant (1801-1860) Moses Carter known as the Histon Giant, carried a boulder from a quarry to histon to win a bet for a pint of beer |
Histon School was started in 1722 . Until 1840 the school was held in the parish church, but then a purpose-built school was erected to hold up to seventy children in what is now called School Hill and in 1872 and1893 the school was further enlarged. In 1913 the school moved to its current site and the building was then handed back to the church. The old School is on the left. |
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