| Foremark | |
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  Foremark Location withinDerbyshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK333266 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE65 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Foremark is ahamlet andcivil parish in theSouth Derbyshire district ofDerbyshire, England. It containsForemarke Hall, a medievalmanor house which now housesRepton Preparatory School; and part ofForemark Reservoir.
Foremark is near the hamlets ofIngleby,Ticknall,Milton and the village ofRepton. Its postal address is Milton. It is also a few miles to the east of the town ofBurton upon Trent.
The toponym is ofOld Norse origin, fromforn "old" andverk "fortification".[1] Following discoveries by a localmetal detectorist, excavations in 2018 found indications of a Viking camp at Foremark, possibly associated with the winter camp of theGreat Heathen Army in 874 at nearbyRepton.[2]
Foremark is mentioned in 1086 in theDomesday book.[3] The book says[4] under the title of “The lands of Nigel of Stafford":[5]
”In Foremark Ulfkil had twocarucates of land to thegeld. There is land for 2 ploughs. There is now one plough indemesne and 5villans and 3bordars have one plough. There is one mill rendering 2 shillings and 24 acres (97,000 m2) of meadow, woodland pasture half a league long and as much broad. TRE[6] worth 40 shillings now 15 shillings.“
Foremake was themanor given to theBurdett Family of Bramcote since the family became a hereditary line ofbaronets. The Burdett family yielded several politicians, The most notable Burdett lords wereSir Robert Burdett,Francis Burdett andSir Francis Burdett. Themanor 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.
Foremark saw a more active role in World War I whenForemarke Hall was used as an army military hospital; and World War II, when the hall was an officer training centre.
The fields around were aStarfish site (one of several decoy sites used to distract German bombers en route to bombDerby).[7]
Theparish church of Saint Saviour is on a small mount in south-western Foremark. It was built in 1662 by Sir Francis Burdett, and retains most of its original furnishings.[8] It is aGrade I listed building.[9]