Foston On The Wolds, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

FOSTON ON THE WOLDS:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"FOSTON ON THE WOLDS, a parish, and township in the wapentake of Dickering, East Riding county York, 3½ miles S.W. of Lowthorpe, and 5 S.E. of Great Driffield. Hull is its post town. The parish includes the townships of Brigham, Gembling, and Great Kelk, as well as some other small places. The Foston Beck, a small tributary of the river Hull, flows through the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York, value £102. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. There are remains of a monumental effigy. The parochial charities consist of three almshouses for widows, with a small endowment, and about £3 for the poor. The Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels, and there are several Sunday-schools. William St. Quintin, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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"BRIGHAM, a township in the parish of Foston-on-the-Wolds, wapentake of Dickering, in the East Riding of the county of York, 4 miles to the S.E. of Great Driffield."

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"GEMBLING, a township in the parish of Foston-on-the-Wolds, wapentake of Dickering, East Riding county York, 6 miles E. of Great Driffield. It is situated within a short distance of the railway station at Lowthorpe. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. William St. Quintin, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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"GREAT KELK, a township in the parish of Foston-on-the-Wolds, wapentake of Dickering, East Riding county York, 1½ mile S. of Lowthorpe, 6½ miles E. of Driffield, and 10 S.W. of Burlington. The Wesleyans have two chapels, in one of which a Sunday-school is also held. William St. Quintin, Esq., is lord of the manor."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013