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Foston is a hamlet in the Foston and Scropton civil parish of South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) west of Derby and 8 miles (13 km) east of Uttoxeter. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists it as Farulveston.

Foston
Foston
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK188318
Civil parish
  • Foston and Scropton
District
Shire county
  • Derbyshire
Region
  • East Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDerby
Postcode districtDE65
Dialling code01283
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
  • South Derbyshire
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
52.8836°N 1.7209°W / 52.8836; -1.7209

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 manufacturing plant 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 Spencer Academy.


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. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Agarde, Arthur" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 366.


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