Foston and Scropton

Foston and Scropton is a civil parish in the Dove valley in South Derbyshire. It includes the village of Scropton and hamlet of Foston. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 728 increasing to 854 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

Foston and Scropton
St. Paul's parish church
Foston and Scropton Location within Derbyshire
Population	728 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SK1930
Civil parish	Foston and Scropton
District	South Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Derby
Postcode district	DE65
Dialling code	01283
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Derbyshire
Website	Foston and Scropton Parish Council
List of places UK England Derbyshire 52.869°N 1.714°W / 52.869; -1.714

The Domesday Book records that in 1086 Henry de Ferrers held a manor here.^[3]

The Church of England parish church of Saint Paul, Scropton contains late 15th and early 16th century monuments.^[4] However, the church was rebuilt in 1855–56 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect Benjamin Ferrey.^[4] The village of Scropton has no shop or pub but it does have a large house called the old school house.

Economy

Scropton's Cranberry Foods was bought by Faccenda Group in May 2012; the site is the second largest turkey processor in the UK after Bernard Matthews Ltd. Foston is home to JCB Power Systems, and a large dairy of Dairy Crest.

See also

• Listed buildings in Foston and Scropton