Foston and Scropton

{{Short description|Civil parish in Derbyshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|official_name= Foston and Scropton

|static_image_name= Scropton church 133966 cfff59c4.jpg

|static_image_caption=St. Paul's parish church

|coordinates = {{coord|52.869|-1.714|display=inline,title}}

|os_grid_reference= SK1930

|label_position= top

|population= 728

|population_ref= (2001 census){{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790358 |title=Area selected: South Derbyshire (Non-Metropolitan District) |author= |date= |work=Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=29 September 2011 |archive-date=29 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829061144/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070 |url-status=dead }}

|civil_parish= Foston and Scropton

|shire_district= South Derbyshire

|shire_county= Derbyshire

|region= East Midlands

|country= England

|constituency_westminster= South Derbyshire

|post_town= Derby

|postcode_district= DE65

|postcode_area= DE

|dial_code= 01283

|website= [http://www.fostonandscroptonparishcouncil.org.uk/ Foston and Scropton Parish Council]

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123548&c=Foston+and+Scropton&d=16&e=62&g=6414955&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458819096424&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=24 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

The Domesday Book records that in 1086 Henry de Ferrers held a manor here.Domesday Book

The Church of England parish church of Saint Paul, 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 Benjamin Ferrey. The village of Scropton has no shop or pub but it does have a large house called the old school house.