Foremark

Foremark is a small manor and hamlet with a ruling Lord's (in this case Baronet's) country house - Foremarke Hall - in southern Derbyshire, England.

Location

Foremark is near the hamlets of Ingleby, Ticknall, Milton and the village of Repton. Its postal address is Milton. It is also a few miles to the east of the town Burton upon Trent.

Foremake was the manor given to the Burdett Family of Bramcote since the family became a hereditary line of Baronets. The Burdett family yielded several famous noble-politicians, for instance- Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet.The Manor house Foremarke Hall was built by the orders of one of the Baronets in the family in 1762 and now sits in the centre of Foremark;.

The Parish church of Saint Saviour is located on a small mount in south-western Foremark. It was built in 1662 by Sir Francis Burdett. It retains most of its original furnishings.Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. The Buildings of England:Derbyshire. pp 216-217. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.

Early history

Foremark is mentioned in 1086 in the Domesday book.Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.753Nigel of Stafford held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to...
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