Moses Carter

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

Village sign of Histon featuring Carter carrying a boulder

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.