Histon & Impington

British History On-Line

• Cambridgeshire
• Histon Introduction, Impington Introduction
• Maps – OS 1:10560, Epoch 1 – 1889

Vision of Britain – A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions

• Impington
• Histon

Images of England – a `point in time’ photographic library of England’s listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century

Web snapshots, courtesy of the Web Archive

• 1997 and onwards
• 1999 and onwards
• 2001 and onwards

These pages give a taste of our joint villages, snapshots from individual years, and stories of local characters and Chivers, the major employer in the village.

Finally – Calling all the descendants of those 18th and 19th century Histon and Impington Emigrants.

• Where are you?
• How did you get there?
• Why did you leave?
• How is the family doing?

Write to Mrs Eleanor Whitehead, Histon & Impington Village Society, c/o Histon Library, School Hill, Histon, Cambridge

Useful resources:

• UK & Ireland Genealogy (GENUKI) – Cambridgeshire
• Cambridgeshire Genealogy – England Genweb Project
• Cambridgeshire Association for Local History
• Cambridgeshire County Council Archives Catalogue
• Access to Archives – this database contains catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present day
• Heritage Gateway – search England’s historic environment resources, including Cambridgeshire’s