Foston

Foston is a village and a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of , England. The village is situated 5 miles northwest of . The A1 road runs through the parish and borders the south of the village.
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  • Type: Village with 561 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Foston (civil parish), Lincolnshire” and “Foston, Lincolnshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. Peter and Church of St Swithin.

Church
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Church
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Church
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is situated 2 miles northeast of Foston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Staunton in the Vale and Muston.

Village
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Staunton is a small and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of , England. It takes its name from the Vale of Belvoir and shares it with the local Staunton family, which has resided in the area since the Norman Conquest and possibly before, making them one of the few English families still resident on their estate. is situated 3½ miles west of Foston.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the Melton district of , England. It is 18.6 miles east of , five miles west of on the A52 and 12.5 miles north of . is situated 3½ miles southwest of Foston.

Hamlet
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is a village in the South Kesteven district of , England. It is 2 miles west from the A607 road, 5 miles north from , and in the civil parish of , a village 1 mile to the north-east. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Foston.

Foston

Latitude
52.97661° or 52° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
-0.72294° or 0° 43′ 23″ west
Population
561
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LIF
Open location code
9C4XX7GG+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 243748120
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2649158
Wiki­data ID
Q2566684
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Foston” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Foston”
  • Dutch: “Foston”
  • French: “Foston”
  • Irish: “Foston”
  • Ladin: “Foston”
  • Polish: “Foston”
  • Spanish: “Foston”
  • Swedish: “Foston, Lincolnshire”
  • Swedish: “Foston”
  • Turkish: “Foston, Lincolnshire”
  • Welsh: “Foston, Swydd Lincoln”
  • “Foston”

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