Foston, Derbyshire

Foston
Foston
 Foston shown within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK188318
Civil parishFoston and Scropton
DistrictSouth Derbyshire
Shire countyDerbyshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Derby
Postcode district DE65
Dialling code 01283
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentSouth Derbyshire
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Coordinates: 52°53′01″N 1°43′15″W / 52.8836°N 1.7209°W / 52.8836; -1.7209

Foston is a hamlet in the Foston and Scropton civil parish of South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) west of Derby. 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.[1] 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 factory here concerned with power systems.[2] Other major employers who have a base in Foston include Futaba UK Ltd, ATL Warehousing & Logistics[3] and Truma UK.

Children who live in Foston are likely to go to John Port school.

Notable residents

Arthur Agarde, antiquarian, was born here in 1540.[4]

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

References

  1. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1978) [1953]. Derbyshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 315. ISBN 0-14-071008-6.
  2. ↑ JCB site
  3. ↑ ATL Warehousing & Logistics
  4. ↑ Arthur Agarde, 1911 Brtiannica

External links

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