(From Neolithic times to the present day) On 30th March at 7.30pm on zoom.
Eleanor Whitehead, our local historian, who has lived in Histon for 42 years. She describes her talk as ‘a gallop through four thousand years of settlement compiled for the benefit of members new to the locality’. Eleanor has taken a special interest in local history on behalf of the Village Society from 1986. Her many publications are derived from memorabilia, newspaper articles, letters, memoirs, HIAG discoveries and archive photographs compiled or donated to Village Society over the last forty years.
The talks are free to all members and membership of H&I Village Society so please contact them to register as a new member. Zoom links for the talks will be sent to members directly.
Join Histon artist and HIJS parent, Preeti Deshpande, for a Spring Art Workshop to raise funds for the school. Suitable for pairs or small family groups (age 7 and over) the workshop will guide you over Zoom to create your own spring-themed masterpiece.
Please have a quiet room to work in if possible.
You’ll need watercolour paints and brushes (or acrylics), thick A4 paper, a pencil, a rubber and a black sharpie.
A trail/hunt around our villages on Good Friday 2 April to discover what Easter is all about in a fun and gentle way. Walk, ride or scoot your way around!
‘In Search of Easter’ is open to all children in our villages and should particularly suit 4-12 year olds. There is no charge.
There are 6 stations/clues to find where there are short films to watch and an activity to do. At the last station there is an Easter Goodie Bag which will include chocolate eggs!
Register for the event on Eventbrite via the link below. Contact Tim tim@standrewshiston.org for more details
On Thursday 18th March 2021 at 7.30pm Eileen Waller will give a short talk on the WI woods in Histon followed by Martin and Moya from Besom who will talk about this wonderful local charity and how they help those in need with our help.
If you would like to attend this meeting please email sophie.howson@googlemail.com for the joining details. New members and visitors are welcome . No charge…you may come to two meetings free of charge before you join.
The HIAG AGM will be held via Zoom at 8:30 pm on Monday 12th April following the scheduled talk that evening which starts as normal at 7:30pm
Elections for a new committee will be held at the AGM. The committee has up to ten members including Chair, Secretary, Treasurer as well as a Deputy Chair and Deputy Secretary role. The committee retires at the AGM so we need nominations for a new committee to lead and support HIAG going forward – with regard to educational, field and research activities. Please find attached the first notice of the AGM, the nomination form and an agenda
If you would like to register for the meeting please use the HIAG Contact Uspage and they will send you a Zoom link before the meeting. All are welcome at the AGM, members, and non-members, although only members will have voting rights.
Early Settlement in Histon & Impington: A View from the Fields with Rob Noble, Histon & Impington Archaeology Group, on Monday 12th April 2021 at 7:30 pm
This talk will be followed by the HIAG AGM at 8.30pm.
Where, why, and how did our predecessors occupy the local landscape? The quintessential English village scene with its church, manor house and timber framed thatched cottages clustered at its core seems almost timeless. Yet the present organisation and location of our rural settlements is essentially of medieval origin, and from that period and later we can also draw on documentary evidence. But what do we know about the organisation of settlement and land use stretching back into pre-history? For this we must turn to archaeology.
This talk will review the methods which have been brought to bear on the archaeological study of the wider local landscape outside the present settled areas. These include field walking, ariel photography, and more recently, lidar imaging. It presents some of the accumulated evidence dating from the palaeolithic to the medieval periods, together with some new analysis and interpretation. It will discuss some of the probable influences on early settlement in the local area such as access to water and ground conditions.
The photos above show different visualisations of Home Field, one of Histon’s medieval open fields situated in the west of the village. Left to right: part of the 1801 survey map created prior to the Parliamentary enclosure; British Geological Survey map of surface geology showing Home Field as a sand and gravel river terrace; a Google satellite view of crop marks revealing ancient boundary ditches and Bronze Age barrows as well as geological features; a lidar image revealing elevated field boundary banks.
These photos show a small sample of the field walking finds from Home Field which give clues to early settlement. Left to right: Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age worked flint tool (borer/fabricator); fragment of a Roman box flue tile (hypocaust); fragment of a Roman roof tile (tegula); sherds of early Saxon (6th/7th Century) decorated pottery.
If you would like to register for the talk please use the HIAG Contact Uspage and they will send you a Zoom link 3 days in advance of the talk. There is no charge for this event and you do not have to be a member.
If you would like to join and support HIAG or rejoin after a gap please use the link here. HIAG members will be sent the links automatically so they will not need to register for each talk.
On Wednesday 10th March – Diabetes Specialist Nurse Marie Rouse from Firs House Surgery will be talking about low-carb healthy-fat diets and putting Type 2 diabetes into remission. Even if you attended her session last March I’m sure a recap will be useful and there will be a chance to ask questions.
