Featherstone

Other current and historical names

Ferestane
Fredestan

Built-Up Area: Featherstone
Parish/Community: Featherstone
Unitary Authority: Wakefield
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 53°40'28"N 1°21'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 442431, 419986
OS Grid: SE424199
Mapcode Local: GBR LTYY.JH
Mapcode Global: WHDC6.3W1V

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Featherstone within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Featherstone in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Featherstone, par. and township with ry. sta., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2½ miles SW. of Pontefract--par., 4451 ac., pop. 8761; township, 1380 ac., pop. 3247, local government dist. (including Snydale township, Normanton par.), 4429 ac., pop. 5901; P.O.

Featherstone in the Domesday Book

A village in Osgodcross hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ligulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated); Ernwulf of Featherstone (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 16 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 15 smallholders; 2 priests
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 2

British Place Names

Featherstone, Wakefield

Featherstone is a town in Featherstone , Wakefield

Featherstone in historic gazetteers

Featherstone in the Domesday Book