Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Foston

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.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Derbyshire AncC
Place: Foston

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