Foston is a hamlet in the Foston and Scropton civil parish of South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, about west of Derby and east of

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. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists it as ''Farulveston''.

Foston Hall

Foston Hall HM Prison Foston Hall is a women's closed category prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in the village of Foston in Derbyshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. History The original Manor of Foston and ...

is a brick

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house designed by the architect

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and built in 1863. It is now a women's prison that can accommodate over 170 inmates. Foston is visible from

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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 John Port Spencer Academy, formerly known as John Port School, is an academy and secondary school in the village of Etwall, Derbyshire, England.

Notable residents

Arthur Agarde,

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, 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 Tutbury is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is north of Burton upon Trent and south of the Peak District. The village has a population of about 3,076 residents. It adjoins Hatton, Derbyshire, H ...

, and to the town of Burton upon Trent, and to the county of

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