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Featherstone
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English
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Etymology
From en enm featherston, enm fetherstane, from en ang feoþerstān, ang fiþerstān four-stone, from en ang fiþer- four + ang stān stone.
en what does four-stone represent?
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
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A placename:
en village/and/cpar in south-west co/Northumberland cc/England. Parish council (Northumberland)Parish map (Northumberland)
en village/and/cpar (served by Featherstone and Brinsford Parish Council) in dist/South Staffordshire co/Staffordshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ9306. Parish map (Staffordshire)
en town/and/cpar with a town council in the city:Pref/Wakefield co/West Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE4220. Parish map (West Yorkshire)
en twp co/Goodhue County s/Minnesota c/USA.
en ucomm co/Prince William County s/Virginia c/USA.
en countable en.
en 25 September 2026 Sonja Jessup How 'largest phone smuggling network' was uncovered https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjepekz5dvko BBC News "The phone was ringing in the package," explains Commander Andy Featherstone, the Metropolitan police's lead on mobile phone theft. 25 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260925180645/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjepekz5dvko
See also
en feather stone Feather Stone Featherston
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