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Foston

Description in 1871:
"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, Sir M. Lamb, Bart. The church is Norman and tolerable."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]

Note: There are Foston parishes in both Lincolnshire and Yorkshire as well.

Census

• The parish was in the Wigston sub-district of the Blaby Registration District.
  
  
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.
  
  
• The origin of the church is uncertain but apparently of Norman origin.
  
  
• The church was thoroughly restored in 1874.
  
  
• The church seats 70.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1690.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (first portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Wigston sub-district of the Blaby Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Foston is a small village and was a civil parish about 6.5 miles south of Leicester city. The parish covered 1,333 acres.

The village is too small to appear on most small-scale (large area) maps. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A50 arterial road south out of Leicester about 6 miles. A road to the right leads to Countesthorpe. Once on that road you are in the old parish of Foston.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 6095.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish of Leicestershire and a modern Civil Parish as well.
  
  
• The parish is in the ancient Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1936, theis parish was abolished to enlarge Kilby Civil Parish and all 1,333 acres were amalgamated with that parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Blaby Poorlaw Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Leicester petty session hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	41
1871	38
1881	43
1891	56
1901	45
1911	51
1921	40
1931	36

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Schools

• The children of this place attended schools at Countesthorpe and Kilby.
  
  

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