Foston Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Foston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Thornton le Clay, Flaxton on the Moor, and Flaxton.

Alternative names: Foston with Thornton le Clay

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Foston

  • Parish registers: 1588
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1622

Flaxton

  • Parish registers: None
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FOSTON, a township and a parish in Malton district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies adjacent to the Barton-Hill station of the York and Scarborough railway, W of the river Derwent, 11½ miles NE by N of York; and has a post office under York. Acres, 820. Real property, £1, 849. Pop., 85. Houses, 17.

The parish includes also the township of Thornton-le-Clay, and part of the township of Flaxton-on-the-Moor; but is returned, in the statistics, as exclusive of the latter. Acres, 2, 090. Real property, £3, 477. Pop., 355. Houses, 77. The property is divided among six. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £595. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old and shabby, but good.

There are chapels for Quakers, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. Charities, £12.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Foston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions All Saints Foston
Author: City of York & District Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Foston – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Flaxton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Foston, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Foston – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Foston, 1622-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foston (Yorkshire)

Driffield Wesleyan (later Trinity) Methodist Circuit baptisms 1878-1891 : Circuit eventually comprised chapels at Bainton, Beeford, Brigham, Cranswick, Driffield, Fimber, Frodingham, Foston, Fridaythorpe, Garton, Lockington, Lund, Middleton, Nafferton, North Dalton, Skerne, Sledmere, Southburn, Tibthorpe, Wansford, Wetwang
Author: Petch, Della

England, Yorkshire, Foston, parish registers, 1587-1966
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foston (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish registers for Foston, 1588-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foston (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Foston – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Foston by Malton, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Foston – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Foston, 1783-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Malton
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Bulmer
  • Poor Law Union: Malton
  • Hundred: Bulmer
  • Province: York