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Featherstone (other)
Featherstone is a town in West Yorkshire, England. Featherstone may also refer to: Places ;in England *Featherstone, Northumberland, village **Featherstone Castle *Featherstone, Staffordshire, village **HM Prison Featherstone ;in the United States *Featherstone Township, Minnesota *Featherstone, Virginia ;in Zimbabwe *Featherstone, Zimbabwe Sports clubs *Featherstone Rovers, professional rugby league club from Featherstone, West Yorkshire *Featherstone Lions, amateur rugby league club from Featherstone, West Yorkshire People *Featherstone (surname), people with the surname Other uses *Featherstone (rock band) *Featherstone High School, Southall, London, England *Featherstone Education, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing *Featherstone's algorithm, a technique used for computing the effects of forces applied to a structure of joints and links See also *Featherston {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone
Featherstone is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historic counties of England, 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. History Despite most population growth taking place around the Industrial Revolution, Featherstone traces its history back much further than this. The Domesday Book (1086) records "In Ferestane [Featherstone] and Prestone [Purston] and Arduwic [Hardwick] and Osele [Nostell], Ligulf had 16 carucates of land for geld, and 6 ploughs may be there." It is thought that a local public house, the Traveller's Rest, can trace its origins to the 17th century whilst the former Jubilee Hotel, a listed building now converted to apartments, once provided a resting place for wealthy Victorians and their horses. Standing stone's just outside the village indicate that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone, Northumberland
Featherstone is a village in Northumberland, England about west of Hexham, and about south of Greenhead. Featherstone Castle Featherstone Castle was one of the castles defending the Tyne Gap. The castle, nestling beside the South Tyne as it turns up to its sources by Cross Fell, has been so rebuilt and re-used that it is hard to appreciate its military significance. The legends and tales of the great pile of Featherstone are horrifying, as in one case they are founded on fact. Featherstone today is one of the most impressive castles in Northumberland. Its setting, close to the ford across the Tyne which it guarded, is encircled by the steep hills which rise from the river, and the bastion of Tynedale Fell. Sometime before the year 1200 there was a castle at Featherstone. There is mention of a Featherstonehaugh living there in 1212. In all its long history, only five families have lived and owned the castle of the Featherstonehaughs, the original owners, who lost their estat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone Castle
Featherstone Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a large Gothic style country mansion situated on the bank of the River South Tyne about southwest of the town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England. Medieval origins In the 11th century the manor house on this site belonged to the Featherstonehaugh family. It has played an important role in the battles between the English and the Scots. Originally a 13th-century hall house, a square three-storey pele tower was added in 1330 by Thomas de Featherstonehaugh. A survey from the year 1541 reported the property to be a tower in good repair, occupied by Thomas Featherstonehaugh. The earliest recorded history of this area derives from the Roman occupation period; in 122 AD, the Romans erected Hadrian's Wall, the course of which lies about 5 kilometres to the north of Featherstone Castle. Post medieval In the 17th century the property was acquired by Sir William Howard (father of the 1st Earl of Carlisle) and was remodelled and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone, Staffordshire
Featherstone is a village in the district of South Staffordshire, England, near to the border with Wolverhampton. History Originally a farming community consisting of a few scattered farms, it is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was owned by the clergy of Wolverhampton Church. It is possible that the population numbers were fairly static until the opening of a new mine, Hilton Main, in the 1920s, it closed in 1969. The Duke of Cleveland was lord of the manor of this small township of 550 acres and just 34 souls in 1851. This was once the residence of John Huntbach, the noted antiquary. The principal inhabitants were Joshua Price and Edward Tunycliffe, farmers, John Perry the lock manufacturer and Thomas Hill a vermin killer. The village's population at the time of the 1851 census was 35. By 1921 this had risen to 39. By the time of the 2001 census it was 3,948. Today The village has one primary school, Featherstone Academy and a pub, the Red, White and Blue. Recent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HM Prison Featherstone
HM Prison Featherstone is a Category C men's prison, located in the village of Featherstone (near Wolverhampton), in Staffordshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. History Featherstone Prison was constructed on property previously owned by the Ministry of Defence. In the early 1980 inmates of the prison were found to be making forgeries of the work of Bernard Leach. Brinsford Prison was opened on the same site, adjacent to Featherstone in 1991. In a 2001 study by the Prison Reform Trust, Featherstone Prison was revealed to have the highest number of drug-using prisoners in the UK. 34% of all inmates in the jail admitted to taking drugs. A year later it was revealed that inmates were brewing their own beer using Marmite, with fruit and vegetables also being used to make alcoholic drinks. However the governor of the day Mike Pasco stated that, while not condoning the practice, he found it preferable to the inmates smuggling hard drugs into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone Township, Minnesota
Featherstone Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 785 at the 2000 census. History Featherstone Township was organized in 1858, and named for William Featherstone, an early settler. Notable person Lyle Mehrkens (1937-2018), Minnesota state legislator and farmer, was born in Featherstone Township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 785 people, 274 households, and 241 families residing in the township. The population density was 21.9 people per square mile (8.4/km2). There were 282 housing units at an average density of 7.9/sq mi (3.0/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 98.73% White, 0.25% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.38% from other races, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.76% of the population. There were 274 households, out of which 36.5% had children under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone, Virginia
Featherstone is an unincorporated community in Prince William County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar .... References * Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Prince William County, Virginia Washington metropolitan area {{PrinceWilliamCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship (rugby league), Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "small town teams" which were common in rugby league in the early 20th century. The club has produced many junior players who have gone on to play for Super League clubs. Their local rivals are Castleford Tigers, Castleford and Wakefield Trinity, and in the Championship, Halifax R.L.F.C., Halifax. The club have won the Challenge Cup three times, in 1967, 1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season, 1973 and 1983, and been Rugby Football League Championship, League Champions once, in 1976–77 Northern Rugby Football League season, 1977. History 1889–1902: Origins Featherstone Trinity RUFC were formed in 1889. Featherstone Trinity played their first game on the New Inn fields against Castleford Mill Lane Rovers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone Lions
Featherstone Lions are an amateur rugby league club from Featherstone, West Yorkshire who play in the National Conference League and the Yorkshire Men's League The juniors (U7 - U18) play in the Yorkshire Junior & Youth League. The club also has open age women and 3 girls teams. http://www.yorkshirejuniorsarl.co.uk Their home ground is the Millpond Stadium. They are the town's second side, after Featherstone Rovers who play in the Championship. History Featherstone Lions are the result of a merger between Jubilee Hotel and Traveller's amateur sides in the early 1990s. Featherstone's first season, 1994–95, was in the CMS Yorkshire league First Division. At the end of the 1995–96 season, they had won promotion to the Yorkshire League Premier Division and finished 2nd in the table. They were accepted into National Conference League Division 2 for the 1996–97 season. In 1997–98, Featherstone Lions won promotion to NCL Division 1 as champions, won the Yorkshire Cup beating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone (surname)
Featherstone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Angela Featherstone (born 1965), Canadian actress *Bower Featherstone (born 1940), Canadian civil servant, spy for the Soviet Union *Claudius Cyprian Featherstone (1864–1945), American lawyer and judge *Collis Featherstone (1913–1990), Australian Bahá'í leader * Donald Featherstone (other), multiple people * Harold G. Featherstone, (1923–2003), American judge and politician *Jim Featherstone (born 1923), British rugby league footballer * James Featherstone (footballer) (born 1979), English footballer * Kevin Featherstone (born 1971), American professional wrestler *Lewis P. Featherstone (1851–1922), American planter, farm activist and politician *Liza Featherstone (born 1969), American journalist *Lynne Featherstone (born 1951), British politician *Matthew Featherstone (born 1970), English born Brazilian cricketer *Michelle Featherstone, British singer-songwriter * Christopher Featherstone, Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherstone (rock Band)
Featherstone is a rock band from Sweden. The band belongs to the melodic hard rock genre with roots in the 70's and 80's. History The band was founded in 2012 in Gothenburg, Sweden by songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Rikard Quist. After writing for and recording with several bands including Gypsy Rose, Don Patrol, Last Autumn´s Dream, White Wolf and Bangalore Choir Bangalore Choir is an American hard rock band formed in 1991. They were formed by the former frontman of Accept, David Reece, and guitarists Curt Mitchell and John Kirk (both formerly of Razor Maid). Joining them from Hericane Alice, was bass ... he decided to focus on his own music. Together with singer Lars Boden and drummer Niklas Österlund including British lyricist Jon Wilde the band got complete. The Featherstone debut album Northern Rumble was written, recorded and produced by Rikard Quist. The final mix was made by engineer Martin Kronlund. Members *Lars Boden: lead vocals, backing vocal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
