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Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road which runs east–west.
Pembroke College Chapel [99] c. 1350 Church of England: Original chapel (first bespoke college chapel in town) now Old Library; current chapel designed by Christopher Wren consecrated 1665 Peterhouse Chapel [100] 1628 Church of England
Over the nave is an upper storey surmounted by a conical spire. [5] To the north of the church is an octagonal bell- turret containing two bells. The church is entered by a Norman west doorway with three orders of colonnettes, decorated with scalloped capitals and zigzags, and crenellations in the voussoirs . [ 16 ]
In 1943, the University of Cambridge [3] [4] gave 30.5 acres of land on the north slope of Madingley Hill to the American military forces for use as a temporary cemetery during World War II. After the war, the American Battle Monuments Commission chose Cambridge as the site for America's permanent World War II cemetery and war memorial in the ...
The bridge and the chapel are now Grade I listed and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. [5] The chapel is still used for public worship on an occasional basis. [6] The bridge served as the primary southern entrance to the town and the only road bridge across the river until Harrison Way by-pass was added down-river to the east in 1980. [3] [4]
Histon Road is an arterial road linking central Cambridge, England with the A14 road north of the city. [1] The road is designated the B1049 . At the southern end, the road links with Huntingdon Road ( A1307 ), Victoria Road ( A1134 ), Mount Pleasant , and Castle Street . [ 2 ]
Impington is a village and civil parish about 3 miles north of Cambridge city centre, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It forms part of the Cambridge built-up area. [1] In 2011 the parish had a population of 4,060. [2] The parish borders Girton, Histon, Landbeach, Milton and Orchard Park. [3]
Bridge Road, also known as the Glassworld Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Impington, a small village connected to Histon in Cambridgeshire. The ground is owned by a trust called Histon Football Club Holdings, who guarantee the use of the facility for sports purposes. Histon F.C. rent the ground from the trust for free.