Foston on the Wolds is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Kelk Magna, Great Kelk, Gembling, and Brigham.
Alternative names: Foston upon the Wolds
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FOSTON-ON-THE-WOLDS, a township, a parish. and a sub-district in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire, The township lies on a headstream of the river Hull, 3½ miles S of Lowthorpe r. station, and 5 ESE of Great Driffield. Acres, 1, 110. Real property, £1, 665. Pop., 311. Houses, 74.
The parish contains also the townships of Brigham, Gembling, and Great Kelk; and its post town is North Frodingham, under Driffield. Acres, 4, 934. Real property, £6, 585. Pop., 759. Houses, 156. The property is divided among a few..
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £102. Patron, Miss Bayles. The church has a nave of four bays, with round pillars and painted arches; contains a round font; and is very good. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists.
The sub-district contains also four other parishes, and parts of two others. Acres, 17, 437. Pop., 3, 171. Houses, 672.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Foston-on-the-Wolds – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions of Methodist churches at Bolton with Fangfoss, Driffield, Pocklington and the Bethel Chapel at Foston-on-the-Wolds
Author: East Yorkshire Family History Society
Monumental inscriptions, Foston-on-the-Wolds
Author: East Yorkshire Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Foston-on-the-Wolds – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Foston on the Wolds, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Foston-on-the-Wolds – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Foston-on-the-Wolds, 1599-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foston-on-the-Wolds (Yorkshire)
Churchwardens and highway surveyors accounts, 1774-1886
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foston-on-the-Wolds (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Foston-on-the-Wolds, parish registers, 1837-1988
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foston-on-the-Wolds (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)
Parish registers for Foston-on-the-Wolds, 1653-1892
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foston-on-the-Wolds (Yorkshire)
Seat rentals, 1840-1872
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Kelk, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Foston-on-the-Wolds – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Foston on the Wolds, Yorks., Eng
England, Yorkshire, Foston-on-the-Wolds – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Churchwardens and highway surveyors accounts, 1774-1886
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foston-on-the-Wolds (Yorkshire)
Overseers accounts, 1772-1831
Author: Brigham (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Foston-on-the-Wolds – Probate records ( 1 )
Wills, 1539-1555
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court of the Provost of the Collegiate Church of St. John (Beverley)
England, Yorkshire, Foston-on-the-Wolds – Taxation ( 4 )
Churchwardens and highway surveyors accounts, 1774-1886
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foston-on-the-Wolds (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Brigham, 1783-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Gembling, 1783-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Great Kelk, 1783-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Driffield
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Provost of the Collegiate Church of St John, Beverley
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Dickering
- Poor Law Union: Driffield
- Hundred: Dickering
- Province: York
