Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Featherstone

Featherstone.-- township and ry. sta., Haltwhistle par., S. Northumberland, on river S. Tyne, 3 miles AW. of Haltwhistle, 2993 ac. (44 water), pop. 347; contains the seat of Featherstone Castle.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Featherstone Tn/CP       Haltwhistle AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Featherstone

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