Feetham

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Feetham
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Feetham
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SD986983
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°22′51″N2°01′19″W / 54.3809°N 2.02208°W / 54.3809; -2.02208

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

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From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Punch Bowl Inn, Feetham The Punch Bowl Inn , Feetham , dated 1638. - geograph.org.uk - 178619.jpg
Punch Bowl Inn, Feetham

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN   9780319231586.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  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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