Featherstone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wolverhampton (det)
Historical Forms
- Feoþer(e)stan 996 (lost) Dugd vi 1443–6 (No 1), Sawyer 1380
- Ferdestan 1086 DB
- Federestan 1186 P
- Federeston 1371 Pat 1451 FF 1535 VE
- Fetherstan 1280–90 Wodehouse
- Fether(e)ston 1244 Pat 1271 For 1300 c.1291 Tax 1304 Ipm 1332 SR 1392 Pat 1411 ProcJP 1588 Lane 1755 Bowen
- Fethorston' 1352 Weld
- Fetheruston 1385 Wodehouse
- Fetherstone 1294 CoramR 1306 GDR 1307 Banco 1327 1775 Yates
- Fethurstone 1393 Ass
- Featherston 1687 Wodehouse
- Featherstone 1834 O
Etymology
'The tetralith', v. feoðer-stān. The name also occurs in YW 2 86 with similar forms. cf. also the Fetstone in the mosse Eliz ChancP in QuarnfordPar. infra . No trace of the tetralith survives.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Brinsford Lane
- Brook Ho
- Featherstone Hall Fm
- The Bower Fm
- Bowling Green Avenue
- Catch Bridge
- Church Fm
- Coniston
- Cross Bridge
- Dog Bridge
- The Firs
- Four Crosses
- Hatherton Hall & Hatherton Hall Fm
- Hatherton Wood
- High Ho
- Hill Cree
- The Hollies, Hollies Fm
- Oak Fm & Oak Cottages
- Rose Cottage
- The Royals
- Shoal Hill
- The Woodlands
- Burn's Wood
- Cat Walk
- Cold Lane Fm
- Dark Lane
- Hill Fm
- Hilton Hall
- Hilton Park
- Hilton Tower & Hilton Tower Ho
- Holly Bank Fm
- Holly Bank Gorse
- Keeper's Wood
- Lower Belt
- Mill Ride
- North Lodge
- Old Landywood Lane
- Old Ride
- Redhurst Wood
- The Ride Fm
- Spring Coppice
- Warstone Belt
- Yells Fm
- Kinvaston Hall
- Pool Fm
- Tollgate Cottages