Histon Village Sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Histon Village Sign by Keith Edkins as part of the Geograph project.
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Histon Village Sign
Image: © Keith Edkins Taken: 11 Apr 2007
Erected 1990, the sign shows: Ducks & the Brook; The Churches; A Percheron horse (these horses were first brought to this country from France by J. Stanley Chivers after the First World War); Moses Carter the Histon Giant (1801-1860, he was nearly seven feet tall, weighed over twenty three stone and was as strong as he was big. In about 1847 he carried a great stone from the ballast pit near the level crossing on the Oakington road to The Boot public house. It is still there); Strawberry and Strawberry leaf (Histon strawberries were the foundation of Chivers' famous strawberry jam.)
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Image Location
Latitude
52.251471
Longitude
0.10791