Featherbed Top
hill or mountain · Derbyshire · 544m
Ethels
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name likely refers to a summit with soft, yielding ground, resembling a featherbed. 'Top' indicates the summit.
Word origins
- Featherbed
- Old EnglishAttestedbed filled with feathers(from feðer "feather", bedd "bed")
- Top
- Old Englishsummit(from top "summit")
Historical forms
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