Släkthistoria för Featherstonhaugh
Featherstonhaugh Vad efternamn betyder
from Featherstone in Haltwhistle (Northumb) which is recorded as Fetherstanhalcht in about 1215 Fetherstan in 1255 and Fetherstanehalgh in 1346. The place-name derives from Old English feoðer- ‘four’ + stān ‘stone’ i.e. ‘tetralith’ with halh ‘nook corner’. Compare Featherstone.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
