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476: 47: 898: 31: 54: 472:, published in 1790, stated only four houses in the village of Foston. The number of houses rose to five in 1801, with a population of 24 "employed in agriculture" followed by an increase to six houses in the 1870s, with 27 residents. However, all that is visible today is its church, rectory, a few houses and a farm. 439:
1.29 miles (2.08 km) to the north. The soils are "Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils", according to UK Soil Observatory results. The site of the settlement is situated on Till (a superficial deposit formed up to 2 million years ago in the
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means an enclosure, farmstead, village or estate. In 1931 the parish of Foston had a population of 36. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Kilby.
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The supplementary volume to the Leicestershire views: containing a series of excursions in the year 1790, to the villages and places of note in the county
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Quaternary Period) that is underpinned by Blue Lias mudstone (55-120 million years old).
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Mentioned in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086, Foston was a settlement in the
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The history and antiquities of the county of Leicester : Vol. 4, Part 1
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Foston is situated on a ridge on the south side of the valley of the
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and lies approximately 6.1 miles (9.8 km) south of the city of
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Foston is located in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
OS grid reference
SP603951
London
Civil parish
Kilby
District
Blaby
Shire county
Leicestershire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
LE8
Dialling code
Police
Leicestershire
Fire
Leicestershire
Ambulance
East Midlands
UK Parliament
South Leicestershire
Kilby Parish Council

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