Foston (St. Bartholomew)
FOSTON (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Blaby, hundred of Guthlaxton, S. division of the county of Leicester, 6¾ miles (S. by E.) from Leicester; containing 41 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £14. 2. 3½.; net income, £240; patron, Sir C. M. Lamb, Bart.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.