GENUKI: Foston

The Ancient Parish of FOSTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"FOSTON, a parish in the wapentake of Bulmer; 7½ miles SW. of Malton. The church is dedicated to All Saints (see Churches for photograph), the living is a rectory in the gift of the Crown, incumbent the Rev. Sidney Smith. Pop. 91."

"FLAXTON, in the parishes of Bossall and Foston, wapentake of Bulmer a part in the liberty of St. Peter's; 2¼ miles SSW. of Foston, 8 miles NE. of York. In the autumn of 1807, a lead box was turned up by the plough in a field near this place, which contained about 300 small Saxon silver coins, in high preservation, some silver rings, and several pieces of spurs. Pop. 299."

"THORNTON LE CLAY, in the parish of Foston, and wapentake of Bulmer; ¾ mile W. of Foston, 8 miles SW. of Malton. There are here a Methodist chapel and a Friends Meeting house. Pop. 173."

Cemeteries

Here is a transcription of the Monumental Inscriptions for All Saints, Foston to around 1900 by Alan Peacock.

Census

Alan Peacock has compiled a table of the census totals for 1801-1899.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- All Saints' Church, Foston.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - The East Window
  - The font
- St Lawrence's Church, Flaxton.
- The Methodist Church, Thornton Le Clay.
Here is a guide and history of All Saints Church, Foston (in Adobe pdf format).

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Foston in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

Transcriptions of the Baptism Register for All Saints, Foston by Alan Peacock:
- 1790-1849,
- 1850-1900.
Here is transcription of the Marriages for All Saints, Foston for 1800-1899 by Alan Peacock.
Here is transcription of the non Anglican births for Foston and Thornton le Clay by Alan Peacock.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Foston.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.

History

In 1861 the township of Flaxton (a part in this parish and a part in the parish of Bossall) by an Order in Council, was constituted a separate and independent parish. See Flaxton Parish.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- The City of York and District FHS

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