Feetham Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Feetham.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Looking south into Swaledale with Feetham below
Coordinates:54.3809°N -2.0221°W
Official Name:Feetham
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Os Grid Reference:SD986983

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

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

Notes and References

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