Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FOSTON

FOSTON, a parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire; on a branch of the Soar, 2 miles ESE of Countesthorpe r. station, and 6½ SSE of Leicester. Post town, Countes-thorpe, under Leicester. Acres, 840. Real property, £2, 199. Pop., 27. Houses, 6. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £240.* Patron, SirM. Lamb, Bart. The church is Norman and tolerable.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Foston CP/AP       Blaby RegD/PLU       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Foston

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