Foston

Other current and historical names

Foztune
Foztunee

Built-Up Area: Foston
Parish/Community: Foston
District/Borough: South Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°58'35"N 0°43'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 485884, 342878
OS Grid: SK858428
Mapcode Local: GBR CMX.J4F
Mapcode Global: WHFJ3.WG52

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, par., S. Lincolnshire, 5½ miles NW. of Grantham, 2180 ac., pop. 357; contains Foston House.

Foston in the Domesday Book

A village in Loveden hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 46 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs (14 plough lands)
- Meadow: 100 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorfridh
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Foston, Lincolnshire

Foston is a village in Foston , Lincolnshire

Foston in historic gazetteers

Foston in the Domesday Book