Foston and Scropton is a

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in the

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valley in

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. It includes the village of Scropton and

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of Foston. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 728 increasing to 854 at the 2011 Census. The

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records that in 1086

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held a manor here.Domesday Book The

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, Scropton contains late 15th and early 16th century monuments.Pevsner & Williamson, 1978, page 315 However, the church was rebuilt in 1855–56 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect

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. 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

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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

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* Civil parishes in Derbyshire South Derbyshire District {{Derbyshire-geo-stub

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