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St Andrew's Church in Histon features a central square tower with a blue clock face set against a backdrop of cloudy skies.

St Andrew, Histon

St Andrew, Histon

History of St Andrew, Histon

Listed building:

Parish church. C13 cruciform plan, tower rebuilt C14 and south porch. Restoration 1874-5, chancel by Sir G.G. Scott, nave and aisles 1857 by F.W. Bodley in neo Early English style.

Etching of a stone church with a square tower, arched windows, and several gravestones standing in the surrounding churchyard.

Histon Church, R Farren, 1881

St Andrew’s Church, Histon, with its central stone tower and grey slate roof, stands in a churchyard filled with gravestones.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Looking down the nave towards the chancel of St Andrew’s Church, featuring stone arches, a royal coat of arms, and banners.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Interior view looking up at a wooden hammerbeam roof with ornate carved trusses and a rectangular heraldic plaque on the wall.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Stone altar set beneath three stained glass windows in a vaulted church interior with metal candelabra on either side.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

The stone interior of a church features stained glass windows, carved pointed arch recesses, and clustered pillars.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

A tall, narrow stone niche with decorative carving stands against a church wall in front of leaded glass windows.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Niche in the transept

Stone walls feature arched windows and recessed blind arches above dark wooden pews inside a church building.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Stained glass window depicting a kneeling man beside a lion, a crane, and a tropical landscape under a blue celestial sky.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Stained glass window divided into two arched lights showing religious scenes with angels, a kneeling woman, and a family group.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Three arched stained glass windows depicting biblical scenes set within stone frames inside a church with a vaulted ceiling.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Stained glass windows with biblical figures set into arched stone walls above wooden pews inside St Andrew Church, Histon.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Carved wooden statue of a figure with long hair holding a scroll, standing beneath a large eagle with outstretched wings.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Text carved into a stone block reads PATEMAN, below which PECK and the number 1691 are incised beside an arched doorway.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

A large five-light stained glass window with stone tracery depicting multiple biblical scenes in vivid, colourful detail.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Stained glass window panels at St Andrew Church in Histon depict biblical figures in colourful robes amidst flames and clouds.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

A collection of weathered gravestones stands in a leaf-covered graveyard, framed by a brick wall and overhanging tree branches.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

A dark circular inlay featuring a black silhouette of a grand piano is centered on a weathered, light-grey stone headstone.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

A pointed-top stone grave marker for Brian John Drake with inscribed text set in a churchyard with other headstones.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

Stone plaque on a brick wall with carved poppy designs, commemorating lives lost in 1914-1918 in Histon and Impington.

St Andrew Histon (RGL2025)

War memorial on outside wall of churchyard

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