Histon
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| Histon | |
|---|---|
| Histon Population: | 4450 (2003 Census) |
| Formal status: | Village |
| Administration | |
| County: | Cambridgeshire |
| Region: | East Anglia |
| Nation: | England |
| Post Office and Telephone | |
| Post town: | CAMBRIDGE |
| Postcode: | CB24 |
| Dialling Code: | 01223 |
Histon is a medium-sized village connected to Impington, in Cambridgeshire, England. It is separated from Cambridge by the A14.
Histon football club currently play in the Nationwide Conference South. In the 2005-6 season they reached the play-off final, but lost to St. Albans.
Histon has seven pubs: Red Lion, Barley Mow, Phoenix, Boot, Railway Vue, King William, and the Rose and Crown. It has an infant school and a junior school (which is adjacent to the village green). The East of England Development Agency is based in Histon. It is also the location of the radio station Q103, which covers Cambridge, Ely, Newmarket, Huntingdon and Royston and is part of Gcap Media plc.
[edit] The Origins of the Name
The name Histon ends in ton which usually indicates a Saxon origin.[1] Suggestions for meanings of the name could include: "farmstead of the young warriors" or, more unlikely, "landing place".[2]
The more likely origin of the name is from the two Saxon/Old English words hyse and tun[3] – hyse meaning "a young man or warrior"[4] and tun meaning "house or farm".[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b The Domesday Book online webpage http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/places.html#saxon
- ^ Beating the bounds leaflet http://www.hisimp.net/history/hishist2.htm
- ^ The Institute for Name Studies a - Histon http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epncurrent/php/detailpop.php?placeno=4053
- ^ The online Anglo-Saxon dictionary http://dontgohere.nu/oe/as-bt/read.htm?page_nr=584
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