Human settlement in England
Feetham | |
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Looking south into Swaledale with Feetham below | |
FeethamLocation 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 |
54°22′51″N 2°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.
The origin of the place-name is from Old Norse and means place at the riverside meadows; it appears as Fytun in 1242.
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319231586.
- "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- Mills, A.D. (2011) . A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 185. ISBN 9780199609086.
External links
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