FOSTON-upon-the-WOLDS, a parish in the wapentake
of DICKERING, East riding of the county of YORK,
comprising the townships of Brigham, Foston upon the
Wolds, Gemblmg, and Great Kelk, and containing 648
inhabitants, of which number, 300 are in the township
of Foston upon the Wolds, 6 miles (E.S.E.) from
Great Driffield. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books at £ 15. 8. 65., endowed with
£400 royal bounty, and £ 1200 parliamentary grant, and
in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. Andrew. The Wesleyan Methodists and Calvinistic
Dissenters have each a place of worship here.