Foston is a
hamlet
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in the
Foston and Scropton civil parish
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of
South Derbyshire
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,
Derbyshire
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, England, about west of
Derby
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and east of
Uttoxeter
Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the East Staffordshire borough of Staffordshire, England. It is near to the Derbyshire county border.
The town is from Burton upon Trent via the A50 and the A38, from Stafford via the A51 ...
. The
Domesday Book
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of 1086 lists it as ''Farulveston''.
Foston Hall
Foston Hall is a brick
Jacobethan
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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 Sudbury may refer to:
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open prison
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.
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
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Notable residents
Arthur Agarde,
antiquarian
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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
Hatton may refer to:
Places England
* Hatton, Cheshire West and Chester, a former civil parish
* Hatton, Derbyshire, a village and civil parish
* Hatton, Lincolnshire, a village and civil parish
* Hatton, London, in the London Borough of Houn ...
and
Tutbury
Tutbury is a village and 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 to the north on the Staffordshire–Der ...
, and to the town of
Burton upon Trent
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, and to the county of
Leicestershire
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.
See also
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Foston Hall
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List of places in Derbyshire
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See also
* List of settlements in Derbyshire by population
* List of places fo ...
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Listed buildings in Foston and Scropton
References
External links
Hamlets in Derbyshire
South Derbyshire District