Featherstone in the Domesday Book (1086)
Featherstone is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Osgodcross
- Arksey
- Badsworth
- Beal
- Burgh[wallis]
- Campsall
- Darrington
- Ferry [Fryston]
- Hamphall [Stubbs]
- Hensall
- Hessle
- Kellington
- Knottingley
- Minsthorpe
- Newsham
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Featherstone is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Featherstone.
Listed Buildings Near Featherstone
Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Featherstone. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of All Saints - 0.56 km
Grade II
- Potter Monument 3 Metres South of First Bay of Chapel of Church of All Saints - 0.56 km
- Rhoads Monument 2 Metres South East of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.57 km
- Fether Monument 7 Metres South East of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.57 km
- Cawthorn Monument 5 Metres West of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.58 km
- Fleeming and Collitt Monuments 2.5 Metres South West of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.58 km
- Cross Shaft 7.5 Metres South West of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.58 km
- Jenkinson Monument 17 Metres South West of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.59 km
Featherstone Today
Today Featherstone lies within the administrative area of Wakefield, and the settlement recorded a population of 18,090 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Featherstone on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Ackton - 1.4 km SW
- Snydale - 2.2 km SW
- Whitwood - 2.2 km NW
- Glass Houghton - 2.2 km NE
- Tanshelf - 3.0 km E
- Purston Jaglin - 3.0 km S
Heritage Around Featherstone
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Paul Johnston-Knight · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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