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Foston may refer to: Places *Foston, Derbyshire, England *Foston on the Wolds, East Riding of Yorkshire, England *Foston, Leicestershire, England (deserted) *Foston, Lincolnshire, England *Foston, North Yorkshire, England People * Thomas Foston Thomas Foston was a Master of University College, Oxford, England. Foston was a mature commoner and Fellow of University College. As senior Fellow of the College, he became Master in 1393, ratified by the Chancellor of Oxford University Ox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foston, Derbyshire
Foston is a hamlet in the Foston and Scropton civil parish of South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, about west of Derby and east of Uttoxeter. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists it as ''Farulveston''. Foston Hall Foston Hall is a brick Jacobethan house designed by the architect T.C. Hine and built in 1863. It is now a women's prison that can accommodate over 170 inmates. Foston is visible from Sudbury open prison. Economy and amenities JCB has a manufacturing plant here concerned with power systems. Other major employers who have a base in Foston include Futaba UK Ltd, ATL Warehousing & Logistics and Truma UK. Children who live in Foston are likely to go to John Port Spencer Academy. Notable residents Arthur Agarde, antiquarian, was born here in 1540. Road The A511 terminates in this hamlet, but the A50, passes. The A511 road is useful to the villages of Hatton and Tutbury, and to the town of Burton upon Trent, and to the county of Leicestershire. See also * Foston Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foston On The Wolds
Foston on the Wolds is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-west of Bridlington town centre and north of the village of North Frodingham. The civil parish is formed by the villages of Foston on the Wolds and Brigham and the hamlet of Gembling. According to the 2011 UK census, Foston on the Wolds parish had a population of 263, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 253. In 1823 Foston inhabitants numbered 300. Occupations included ten farmers, two wheelwrights, two blacksmiths, two grocers who were also drapers, a coal dealer, a corn miller who was also a coal dealer, a boot & shoemaker, a butcher, a tailor, a tanner, and the landlady of the Cross Keys public house. Carriers operated between the village and Hull on Mondays and Thursdays, Driffield and Gembling on Thursdays, and Bridlington on Saturdays. In the village was a Methodist and a Calvinist chapel. The church at the time was dedicated to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foston, Leicestershire
Foston is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilby, in the Blaby district of Leicestershire and lies approximately south of the city of Leicester, England. The settlement name Foston means "Fotr's farm/settlement": "Fotr" is an Old Norse personal name, and "tūn" in Old English means an enclosure, farmstead, village or estate. In 1931 the parish of Foston had a population of 36. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Kilby. Geography Foston is situated on a ridge on the south side of the valley of the River Sence, between the villages of Kilby to the east, Countesthorpe to the west , Peatling Magna to the south, and the hamlet of Kilby Bridge to the north. The soils are "Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils", according to UK Soil Observatory results. The site of the settlement is situated on Till (a superficial deposit formed up to 2 million years ago in the Quaternary Period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foston, Lincolnshire
Foston is a village and a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated northwest of Grantham. The A1 road runs through the parish and borders the south of the village. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 525. History According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Foston derives from "a farmstead or a village of a man called Fotr"; Fotr being an Old Scandinavian person name. In the ''Domesday Book'', Foston is written as 'Foztun'. In ''Domesday'' there are entries for two manors in the Hundred of Loveden at Foston. Between the two there were 64 households, with 12 villagers, 6 smallholders, and 43 freemen. There were 16 ploughlands and of meadow. The manorial lord of one manor in 1066 was Thorfridh, this transferred by 1086 to Hervey; the other in 1066, Earl Ralph the constable, transferred to Count Alan of Brittany who was also Tenant-in-chief to King William I for both manors. In 1872 '' Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foston, North Yorkshire
Foston is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 263. Details are included in the civil parish of Whitwell-on-the-Hill. It is situated close to the A64 road and is approximately north-east from York. History The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Fostun" in the Bulford hundred. At the time it was the possession of Earl Morcar, but had passed to Count Alan of Brittany by 1086. It was also recorded that there was a church here. The etymology of the name is from Old Scandinavian meaning "Fotr's settlement". Governance The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It also lies within the Hovingham & Sheriff Hutton electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Ryedale South West ward of Ryedale District Council. Geography According to the 1881 UK Census the population was 99. Local council estimates the current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
