The town of Featherstone is most famous today for its Rugby league team Featherstone Rovers.  The main industries in the town have traditionally clustered around agriculture and Coal Mining at the Ackton Hall and Featherstone Main collieries. The Featherstone disturbance, which some have called a 'massacre' took place on the 7th September 1893 where after a lockout at Ackton Hall colliery a group of protesting miners were fired upon by government troops. Eighteen men were hit and two later died of their wounds. Notable buildings in Featherstone also include the Parish Church of All Saints with its 5 bells one of which dates from 1146, and Parish Registers dating back to 1558. The town's fine public baths opened in 1910.