Featherstone
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what does four-stone represent?”)
Proper noun
[edit]Featherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)
- A placename:
- A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England. [1][2]
- A village and civil parish (served by Featherstone and Brinsford Parish Council) in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9306). [3]
- A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4220). [4]
- A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.
- (countable) A surname.
See also
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms inherited from Old English
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- en:Villages in Northumberland, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Northumberland, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Staffordshire, England
- en:Places in Staffordshire, England
- en:Towns in West Yorkshire, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Places in West Yorkshire, England
- en:Townships
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- English surnames