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Histon
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Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road which runs east–west. In 2011, the parish had a population of 4,655. Histon forms part of the Cambridge built-up area.
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- Locality
- South Cambridgeshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 7,592
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- Population
- 4655
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- Histon green, pond and B1049 road junction - geograph.org.uk - 96983.jpg
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18 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Early history
- The Railway and Chivers factory
- Churches
- Histon Methodist
- Histon Baptist
- Salvation Army
- St Etheldreda, Histon (demolished 1595)
- Education
- Histon School
- Histon Nursery School
- Histon and Impington Infants School
- Histon and Impington Junior School
- Sport and leisure
- Public Houses
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road which runs east–west. In 2011, the parish had a population of 4,655. Histon forms part of the Cambridge built-up area.
==Toponymy== Suggestions for meanings of Histon include: "farmstead of the young warriors" or "landing place". However, the latter of these is unlikely as Histon is situated above the floodline. The likely origin of the name is from the two Saxon/Old English words hyse and tun – hyse meaning "a young man or warrior", and tun meaning "house or farm". The village name has survived as unchanged as possible since the orthographic rules at the writing of the Domesday Book in 1086, when it was recorded as Histone, which demanded an e after an "n" culmination – see Middle English orthography, due to the focus on the downstrokes only in precious ink at the time.
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