Moses Carter
Moses Carter | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1801 |
| Died | 8 July 1860 (aged 59) Histon, Cambridgeshire, England |
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
- ^ "The Histon Giant 1801-1860". 17 November 2013.
- ^ "Histon and Impington OnLine: The Histon Giant". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Moses Carter". Retrieved 17 February 2010.
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