Feetham

Feetham

Feetham

Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England

For other uses, see Feetham (surname).

Feetham is a hamlet opposite Low Row in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England.[1][2]

Punch Bowl Inn, Feetham

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The origin of the place-name is from Old Norse and means place at the riverside meadows; it appears as Fytun in 1242.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319231586.
  2. [2]
    "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. [3]
    Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 185. ISBN 9780199609086.

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