Foston is a

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Foston and Scropton Foston and Scropton is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the River Dove, Derbyshire, Dove valley in South Derbyshire. It includes the village of Scropton and Hamlet (place), hamlet of Foston, Derbyshire, Foston. The population of the c ...

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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 a ...

, 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, Derbyshire, Sudbury open prison.

Economy and amenities

J. C. Bamford, 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 road, A511 terminates in this hamlet, but the A50 road, A50, passes. The A511 road is useful to the villages of Hatton, Derbyshire, Hatton and Tutbury, and to the town of Burton upon Trent, and to the county of Leicestershire.

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