Featherstone

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Featherstone

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From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).

proper noun Featherstones

countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England.
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (served by Featherstone and Brinsford Parish Council) in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9306).
countable, uncountable A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4220).
countable, uncountable A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.
countable A surname. "The phone was ringing in the package," explains Commander Andy Featherstone, the Metropolitan police's lead on mobile phone theft.

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@misc{featherstone_2026,
  title = {Featherstone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/featherstone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}