Foston on the Wolds Yorkshire Family History Guide

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