Moses Carter
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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.
Moses Carter | |
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| Born | c.1801 |
| Died | 8 July 1860 (aged 59) Histon, Cambridgeshire, England |
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.
