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

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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'. The stone remains there today, in the garden of The Boot

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. 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. Carter remains well known in the area, and an image of him carrying his boulder features on the

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.Histon Village Sign - near to Impington, Cambridgeshire, Great Britain
/ref> The house in which the Carter family lived still stands in Histon High Street.

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1800s births 1860 deaths British strength athletes People from Histon and Impington {{UK-athletics-bio-stub