Feetham

Feetham
Looking south into Swaledale with Feetham below
Feetham is located in North Yorkshire
Feetham
Feetham
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD986983
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
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.[1][2]

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]

References

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  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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