Histon No. 2 / Histone

There are five entries for Histon [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL4363/histon/] [accessed 28 June 2016], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Kelly (1929) notes the demise of a nearby church here: "There were anciently two churches in this parish, St. Andrew's and St. Etheldreda's, but the latter, which stood west of St. Andrew's, about a furlong distant, was sacrilegiously pulled down in 1600 by Sir Francis Hinde, then lord of the manor, and the materials used to build his house at Madingley: in 1874, on the removal of the long unfinished gallery at the end of Madingley Hall, portions of moulded and traceried stone work formerly belonging to St. Etheldreda's were discovered, and re-incorporated in the chancel of St. Andrew's on its restoration."]. The Victoria County History (Cambridge…, vol. 9, 1989) also notes the existence of two parishes and churches here: "The two parish which existed in Histon until the early 17th century were evidently founded on the demesne and the tenanted parts of the episcopal manor. They were distinguished by their dedications to St. Etheldreda and St. Andrew respectively in the early 13th century […] unlike similar cases in East Anglia, […] the two did not share a single churchyard. […] In the late 12th century a clerical family controlled one or both : Peter the dean of Histon, first referred to c. 1160, […] witnessed a document dated 1177 × 1189 in the company of his brothers Brice, parson of the church of Histon, and Simon the priest of Histon […] The church of ST. ETHELDREDA, which had that dedication by 1217, […] stood 200 m. WNW. of St. Andrew's, where earthworks surviving in 1986 marked its site. […] The church was said in 1588 to have been dilapidated for many years and to be almost in ruins. […] At least the nave was demolished shortly before 1599, allegedly by Sir Francis Hinde (d. 1596), […] and in 1638 inquiries were made about the cost of building a new church. […] In 1728, however, the chancel was implied to be still standing, though in poor repair, […] and in 1745 the church was said to have stood within living memory, though by then it had been completely removed. […] Materials from the church, including lead, timber, and the bells, were said to have been sold by Sir Francis Hinde or used by him in building at Madingley Hall. […] The churchyard of St. Etheldreda's survived c. 1757".