Talk:Histon

Copyright violation
This article was replaced with copyrighted material by a vandal, the original stub was well written and clearly the work of many independent editors. I have restored the original at Histon/Temp, and if there are no complaints it should be restored here. Buttle 16:03, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Questionable information
I am sure all villages in the UK at least that end in TON are of Saxon origin,Ton or Tun means house or farm in Saxon, if Histon also means his town or gods town in old Norse I would say that this is irrelevant to this village information, The quoted ref. relates to revelations chapter 17 verse 5, what possible connection can there be with the bible and a little village in Cambridgeshire.

If anyone knows more info that validates this claim please enter references source on this section.

I have corrected (at least to the best of my knowledge) this info once and it has been put back I believe by the same unreg. user all though the IP address is slightly different, I don't wish to start an edit war and will be researching this further. Ecurb12 09:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Merge with Impington
This article would be better if it was merged with Impington, these two villages are not just connected but have actually joined together to such an extent that many villagers today to not know were one ends and the other begins, they have a shared history which should be recognised. For instance Histon F.C. asthough started in Histon is now actually in Impington, even the road signs entering the village on the B1049 state Histon & Impington. The village website is Histon and Impington so why don't we follow suit. Ecurb12 10:20, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Per WP:GEOLAND both "Histon" and "Impington" are separate parishes so should have separate articles, "Histon and Impington" doesn't appear to exist as an entity, Impington should be split back and this article moved back to Histon however because the BUA named "Histon" includes both places this population data can be included in the "Histon" article. Juts because say Birmingham and Wolverhampton are joined doesn't mean we should merge the articles.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 18:00, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I cannot entirely agree with this statement. I don't think this article makes sense now that it is separated. I agree that, technically, they are separate villages for historical reasons, but Histon and Impington have the same parish council. For planning purposes, it is considered a single settlement. The article mentions Chivers, founded in Impington but spread to encompass both parishes; however, the main factory complex remained within Impington. Histon football club, founded in Histon, now resides in Impington. The salvation army hall mentioned in the article is in Impington.
 * Furthermore, Histon is not separated from Cambridge by the A14; Impington is on that side and this is still on both sides of the road. The article continues to mention both villages throughout; if it has to be separated, the least that can be done is rewrite the article so it makes sense, not just put an axe through it. Not sure what will be done about the primary schools (both in Histon), the parish council and the recreation ground all baring the names Hison and Impington maybe you will need another article, "Joint things of Histon and Impington" or possibly a piece on each article about the interconnectedness of the two places and there shared history. If someone is taking responsibility for splitting these articles because of policy, fair enough but make them accurate. 2A00:23C7:859B:2301:1591:1539:130:9492 (talk) 14:33, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Lots of places are joined together that doesn't mean they shouldn't have separate articles otherwise the likes of Westminster and Salford would be combined with London and Manchester. Similarly Brighton and Hove is often though of as Brighton alone even though Hove and Portslade by Sea are separate unparished areas as well as there being Rottingdean parish formed in 1995 and Saltdean effectively becoming a separate unparished area.
 * They probably do need work done on them, I did a bit of work when splitting but more probably needs to be done. I think I'd use the "Histon" article about things that are joint given Histon BUASD includes Impington.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 17:27, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Cambridgeshire.ai was registered with ICAN in January this year to deliver a non-profit digital inclusion project across all 268 Civil Parishes in the County. It's why I'm really pleased Histon and Impington have separate articles. I live in Histon, my username is Caerhys and I'm setting up a Wikipedia learner group at the Red Lion in the High Street. The pub has just become part of the Youngs Brewery estate and once the Histon user group takes off, I'd like to see this idea become part of the Wikimedia Foundation's 2030 Strategy to recruit more Wikipedians/ Wikimedians. Would anyone care to join me one evening to discuss the pros and cons? I should also mention that I'm a member of the Cambridge Wikipedia Group that met last July for the first time post-Covid and I'll be suggesting we meet again shortly to cover this topic. 2A02:C7C:748B:C700:F1CA:D5BC:45BB:4DCF (talk) 14:30, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Cambridgeshire.ai will also be covering Civil Parishes in "Wikivoyage for Cambridgeshire" adding Histon to the list of only thirteen places in Cambridgeshire featured at present.

Cleanup
I've tagged this article for cleanup as there's a lot of poor English, some of the references aren't very good and some of the tone isn't totally appropriate. Dancarney (talk) 11:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Who?
Look at the scondon paragraph in Histon and Impington section which mentions the Duke of Brithnoth. Does anyone know if he is the same person as Byrhtnoth? CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 21:38, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Heart 103 / EEDA
Thanks to Snigbrook for altering "The East of England Development Agency is based in Histon and it is the location of the radio station Heart 103" see diff. Heart 103 claims to be at Enterprise House, The Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9ZR while the East of England Development Agency gives its address as The Business Centre, Station Road, Histon CB24 9LQ. Both in Histon but no suggestion that Heart 103 is based within EEDA's premises, as the article (probably unintentionally) implied. Unless, of course, anyone can show otherwise :) -- Timberframe (talk) 09:33, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

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