Featherstone
Also known as Featherstone, Wakefield, Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.official_name
- Featherstone
- UK place.population
- 15,244
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Featherstone
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- City of Wakefield
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Normanton and Hemsworth
- UK place.post_town
- PONTEFRACT
- UK place.postcode_district
- WF7
Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Memorials
- Toponymy
- Governance
- Fighting decline
- Transport
- Education
- Religion
- Sport
- Featherstone Rovers
- Featherstone Lions
- Location grid
- See also
- References
- External links
Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.
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