Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Histon

Histon, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 4½ miles NW. of Cambridge, 2300 ac., pop. 969; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Histon Hall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Histon CP/AP       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place: Histon

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