 There were 16 ploughlands and of meadow.The manorial lord of one manor in 1066 was Thorfridh, this transferred by 1086 to Hervey; the other in 1066, Earl Ralph the constable, transferred to Count Alan of Brittany who was also Tenant-in-chief to King William I for both manors.In 1872 "White's Directory" reported that Foston had a population of 329 within a parish of , the land of which largely belonged to the Earl of Dysart.