Foston, Lincolnshire
| Foston | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, Foston | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK859429 |
| Location: | 52°58’37"N, -0°43’18"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 525 (2011) |
| Post town: | Grantham |
| Postcode: | NG32 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Kesteven |
Foston is a village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire, five miles north-west of Kesteven's main town, Grantham. The A1 road runs through the parish and borders the south of the village. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 525.
The parish church, the Church of St Peter, dates to the late 12th century, with later additions and changes, including, in 1859, those by Charles Kirk, son to the senior Charles Kirk. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
History
The name Foston appears to derive from "Fotr's farmstead (or a village)"; Fotr being an Old Scandinavian personal name. In the Domesday Book, Foston is written as 'Foztun'.[2]
In Domesday there are entries for two manors in the Hundred of Loveden at Foston. Between the two there were 64 households, with 12 villeins, 6 smallholders, and 43 freemen. There were 16 ploughlands and 100 acres of meadow. The lord of one manor in 1066 was Thorfridh, this had been transferred after the Conquest to Hervey; the other in 1066 had been Earl Ralph the constable, transferred to Count Alan of Brittany who was also Tenant-in-chief to the King for both manors.[3]
In 1872 White's Directory reported that Foston had a population of 329 within a parish of 2,180 acres, the land of which largely belonged to the Earl of Dysart. The parish was a joint benefice with Long Bennington under the patronage of the Queen. The impropriator was the Earl of Dysart, but the tithes (tax income from parishioners derived from their profit on sales, or extraction of produce and animals, typically to the tenth part) were commuted after an enclosure of 1793 (under the 1773 Inclosure Act). A National School was built in 1847. Trades listed in 1872 included three tailors, four shopkeepers, two shoemakers, a cattle salesman, a corn miller, a butcher, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a machine owner, a harness maker who was also an assistant overseer, two carriers—horse drawn wagon operators carrying goods and sometimes people between places of trade—operating between the village and both Newark and Grantham, and seven farmers, four of whom were also graziers. There were the licensed victuallers of The White Horse, The Duke William and The Black Boy public houses. The victualler of The Black Boy was also a wheelwright.[4]
About the village
At the south of the parish, south of the A1 and east of Foston Road leading to Allington, is the site of an 18th-century windmill.[5]
Foston contains five listed buildings, including the church. Foston's Grade II listed buildings on Main Street are: the brick built Manor Farmhouse, dating to the late 18th century; the late 18th-century 'Renard', a red brick house converted from two cottages; and The Old Hall, a red brick house dating at its earliest to 1647. On Newark Hill is The Old Post Office, a Grade II brick house dating to the early 19th century.[6][7][8][9]
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1360062: Church of St. Peter (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Foston, Lincolnshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ White, William (1872), Whites Directory of Lincolnshire, p.660
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 498115 – Foston Mill
- ↑ National Heritage List 1062879: Manor Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1360063: Renard (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1062878: The Old Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1062877: The Old Post Office (Grade II listing)