Foston and Scropton is a

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in the

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valley in

South Derbyshire South Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. The population of the local authority at the 2011 Census was 94,611. It contains a third of the National Forest, and the council offices are in Swadlincote. The district ...

. It includes the village of Scropton and

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of Foston. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 728 increasing to 854 at the 2011 Census. The

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records that in 1086

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held a manor here.Domesday Book The Church of England parish church of

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

, Scropton contains late 15th and early 16th century monuments.Pevsner & Williamson, 1978, page 315 However, the church was rebuilt in 1855–56 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect Benjamin Ferrey. The village of Scropton has no shop or pub but it does have a large house called the old school house.

Economy

Scropton's Cranberry Foods was bought by

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in May 2012; the site is the second largest turkey processor in the UK after

Bernard Matthews Ltd Bernard Matthews Holdings Ltd., trading as Bernard Matthews Foods Ltd, is a British farming and food products business with its headquarters in Great Witchingham, Norfolk, England, which specialises in turkey products. Founded by Bernard Mat ...

. Foston is home to JCB Power Systems, and a large dairy of

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* Civil parishes in Derbyshire South Derbyshire District {{Derbyshire-geo-stub

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