Moses Carter
Bornc.1801
Died8 July 1860 (aged 59)
Histon, Cambridgeshire, England
Village sign of Histon featuring Carter carrying a boulder

Moses Carter (c.1801 – 8 July 1860[1]), known as 'The Histon Giant', was a strongman who lived in the village of Histon, near Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

During his life Carter was famous locally for a number of feats of strength, the best-known today being his carrying of a large boulder from a ballast hole on Park Lane to 'Boot corner'.[2] The stone remains there today, in the garden of The Boot Public House.

In 1998, a memorial to Carter was unveiled at St Andrew's church in the village, on what was the 138th anniversary of his death.[3]

Carter remains well known in the area, and an image of him carrying his boulder features on the village sign.[4] The house in which the Carter family lived still stands in Histon High Street.

References

  1. ↑ "The Histon Giant 1801-1860". 17 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Histon and Impington OnLine: The Histon Giant". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Moses Carter". Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  4. ↑ Histon Village Sign - near to Impington, Cambridgeshire, Great Britain
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