Histon and Impington Village Society

Stimulating public interest in the history, care and preservation of Histon & Impington since 1979

January 25th Chivers and the local fruit industry: a chronological survey by Jonathan Spain 7.30pm by ZOOM. Followed by the AGM

February 22nd HOBSON’S BROOK AND CONDUIT – bringing fresh water into Cambridge since 1610 by Max Field 7.30pm Histon Methodist Church FULLY BOOKED

March 29th Histon and Impington Memories Talk by Maurice Beeton 7.30pm Histon Methodist Church

April 25th MONDAY A potted history of two historic houses in Histon and their recent renovations  – The Gables and Histon Manor  -by Jo Roach and Katherine Mann 7.30pm Histon BAPTIST Church

May 31st Understanding Victorian Cambridge through its extraordinary sporting achievements – and the forgotten contributions of Frank Fenner, a local tobacconist by Frank Fenner 7.30pm Histon Methodist Church.

June 28th Impington Hall, its Owners and Estates  – long gone but not forgotten by Eleanor Whitehead 7.30 pm. Histon Methodist Church

July 4th MONDAY Feast week Joint talk with HIAG ‘The Man who moved Two Windmills : Jordan Ison, Histon’s Carpenter Extraordinary’ by David Oates 7.30pm Histon BAPTIST Church

July 26th The Museum of Cambridge seen through the Eye of an Expert by Roger Lilley 7.30pm Histon Methodist Church

September 27th Christmas Corner by Wendy Doyle. 7.30pm Histon Methodist Church

October 25th How an 11-year-old Cambridgeshire chimney sweep’s death led to a dramatic change in UK child labour law by Joanna Hudson. 7.30pm Histon Methodist Church

November 27th Proposed plans for a new Science Park in Impington 7.30pm Histon Methodist Church.

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