FEATHERSTONE, a parish comprising the townships
of Ackton and Whitwood, in the lower division of
the wapentake of AGBRIGG, and the townships of Featherstone
and Peerston-Jaglin, in the upper division
of the wapentake of OSGOLDCROSS, West riding of the
county of YORK, and containing 945 inhabitants, of
which number, 337 are in the township of Feathcrstone,
3 miles (W.) from Pontefract. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
York, rated in the king's books at £5. 8. 6., endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Chritt
Church, Oxford. The church is dedicated to All Saints.