Foston

Other current and historical names

Faruluestun

Parish/Community: Foston and Scropton
District/Borough: South Derbyshire
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°53'1"N 1°43'25"W
Eastings/Northings: 418694, 331837
OS Grid: SK186318
Mapcode Local: GBR 4BG.915
Mapcode Global: WHCFR.HSF4

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Foston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Foston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Foston.-- hamlet, on W. border of Derby, 6½ miles NW. of Burton-upon-Trent; P.O.; in vicinity is Foston Hall. See SCROPTON AND FOSTON.

Foston in the Domesday Book

A village in Appletree hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer of Foston; Baldric of Haughton; Leofnoth Sterre; Wulfric of Marchington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres

British Place Names

Foston, Derbyshire

Foston is a village in Derbyshire

Foston in historic gazetteers

Foston in the Domesday Book