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 Sudburyopen 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.
foston, derbyshire, foston, hamlet, foston, scropton, civil, parish, south, derbyshire, derbyshire, england, about, miles, west, derby, miles, east, uttoxeter, domesday, book, 1086, lists, farulveston, fostonfostonlocation, within, derbyshireos, grid, referenc. 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 FostonFostonLocation within DerbyshireOS grid referenceSK188318Civil parishFoston and ScroptonDistrictSouth DerbyshireShire countyDerbyshireRegionEast MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townDerbyPostcode districtDE65Dialling code01283PoliceDerbyshireFireDerbyshireAmbulanceEast MidlandsUK ParliamentSouth DerbyshireList of places UK England Derbyshire 52 53 01 N 1 43 15 W 52 8836 N 1 7209 W 52 8836 1 7209 Coordinates 52 53 01 N 1 43 15 W 52 8836 N 1 7209 W 52 8836 1 7209 Contents 1 Foston Hall 2 Economy and amenities 3 Notable residents 4 Road 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksFoston Hall EditFoston 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 EditJCB 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 amp Logistics 3 and Truma UK Children who live in Foston are likely to go to John Port Spencer Academy Notable residents EditArthur Agarde antiquarian was born here in 1540 4 Road EditThe 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 EditFoston Hall List of places in Derbyshire Listed buildings in Foston and ScroptonReferences Edit 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 amp Logistics Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Agarde Arthur Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 1 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 366 External links Edit Media related to Foston Derbyshire at Wikimedia Commons This Derbyshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Foston Derbyshire amp oldid 1096622687, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
