Foston, Derbyshire
| Foston | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK188318 |
| Location: | 52°53’1"N, 1°43’15"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Derby |
| Postcode: | DE65 |
| Dialling code: | 01283 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Derbyshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Derbyshire |
Foston is a hamlet, which together with Scropton, make the civil parish of Foston and Scropton in Derbyshire. It lies near the River Dove, which forms the border with Staffordshire, about 12 miles 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.
Notable residents
Arthur Agarde, antiquarian, was born here in 1540.[4]
Road
The A511 road 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 onwards to Leicestershire.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Foston, Derbyshire) |
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1978) [1953]. Derbyshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 315. ISBN 0-14-071008-6.
- ↑ JCB site
- ↑ ATL Warehousing & Logistics
- ↑ Arthur Agarde, 1911 Brtiannica
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