Place:Featherstone, Yorkshire, England

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NameFeatherstone
Alt namesFerestanesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 315
Fredestansource: Domesday Book (1985) p 315
TypeTown
Coordinates53.668°N 1.355°W
Located inYorkshire, England
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England    
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It lies less than two miles south-west of Pontefract and in 2001 had a population of 14,175, although after recent housing development the population is thought to be closer to 20-25,000.

Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.

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