Английская Википедия:Foston, Leicestershire
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox UK place Foston is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilby, in the Blaby district of Leicestershire and lies approximately Шаблон:Convert south of the city of Leicester, England. The settlement name Foston means "Fotr's farm/settlement": "Fotr" is an Old Norse personal name, and "tūn" in Old English means an enclosure, farmstead, village or estate.[1] In 1931 the parish of Foston had a population of 36.[2] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Kilby.[3]
Geography
Foston is situated on a ridge on the south side of the valley of the River Sence, between the villages of Kilby Шаблон:Convert to the east, Countesthorpe to the west Шаблон:Convert, Peatling Magna Шаблон:Convert to the south, and the hamlet of Kilby Bridge Шаблон:Convert 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.[4] The site of the settlement is situated on Till (a superficial deposit formed up to 2 million years ago in the Quaternary Period) that is underpinned by Blue Lias mudstone (55-120 million years old).[5]
History
Mentioned in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086, Foston was a settlement in the Hundred of Guthlaxton, Leicestershire. It had an estimated population of 26 households in 1086.[6] The village Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II* listed building.[7] The main body of the church dates to the early 14th century, but parts of the structure are 10th century.[8] The village of Foston is clearly visible on the 1576 map of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, produced (in Latin) by Christopher Saxton as part of his Atlas of England and Wales,[9] but no indication of village settlement size is shown. A survey by John Nichols, published in 1790, stated only four houses in the village of Foston.[10] The number of houses rose to five in 1801, with a population of 24 "employed in agriculture"[11] followed by an increase to six houses in the 1870s, with 27 residents.[12] However, all that is visible today is its church, rectory, a few houses and a farm.
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