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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Foston like this:
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.
Foston is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Foston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Foston, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12617
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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