Fascinating Facts about Histon

The player wasn't going to pass the ball on the floor again

Could be a bit of a thin article this time around………….

The villages of Histon and Impington have pretty much become one over the centuries.  The combined settlement could have been called “Piston”, “Pissington” “Himpington”, or “Pimpton” had the residents shown any imagination whatsoever.

Cambridge, apparently, is a small village in Histon.

The population of Histon is listed at a compact 4450, so they could all safely fit into Rockingham Road. 

Histon are unfairly considered a “Route One” team.  “Route ZERO” would be closer to the truth!

The Glassworld Stadium is located close to Impington Moor which was filled with corpses during the Black Death outbreak during the early 14^th Century and topped-up with plague victims during the 17^th Century.  So, we’re not the only people to suffer there!

Samuel Pepys’s cousin once lived in Histon.

My missus is currently reading a soppy bit of chic-lit called “Crossed Wires” by Rosey Thornton, where the main male protagonist (the “Darcy” of the piece) apparently went shopping in Histon at one point. 

Er, and that is the sound of a barrel being scraped.