Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Featherstone

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.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Featherstone Parish       Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Featherstone

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