Featherstone.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England.
A placename: A village and civil parish (served by Featherstone and Brinsford Parish Council) in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9306).
A placename: A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4220).
A placename: A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.
A surname.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).
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