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Fotheringhay Castle site
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Shindo
September 8, 2022
In 1586 Mary, Queen of Scots was brought to Fotheringhay from Chartley in Staffordshire to stand trial for treason. On 8 February 1588 Mary was executed in the great hall.
Alexandra
November 2, 2021
If you like history, Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded here! There is no longer a castle (to avoid disappointment) however there are some great walks from Fotheringhay
Amy
July 25, 2021
2 miles from Historic Fotheringhay – home to the magnificent Church of St Mary and All Saints Church dating back to the glory days of the Plantagenet Kings and even before this, to the time of the Normans. It is also the site where Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded in 1587 and the birth place of Richard III in 1452.
Leo
July 11, 2020
Wandering among the ruins, with a little imagination you can delve into Fotheringhay’s chequered past. On a gloomy morning just over 400 years ago the scene was set for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in the Great Hall on 8 February 1587. She was brought here to stand trial for treason because the castle was set in a marshy landscape where it was felt by the authorities that the condemned Scottish queen would be more securely imprisoned. After Mary's execution the castle was abandoned, with its stones reused to build an inn in Oundle and incorporated into the nearby Castle Farm.
Wandering among the ruins, with a little imagination you can delve into Fotheringhay’s chequered past. On a gloomy morning just over 400 years ago the scene was set for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in the Great Hall on 8 February 1587. She was brought here to stand trial for treason becaus…
Tessa
July 19, 2018
It was once home to Fotheringay Castle, which is now in ruins. Originally built as a Norman Motte castle by Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Northampton around 1100, it is famous for being the scene of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587. Little remains of the castle at Fotheringay but the earthworks and a pile of masonry. The Talbot Hotel at nearby Oundle was built using some of the materials from Fotheringay Castle. Notably, the Elizabethan hotel has an oak staircase taken from Fotheringay Castle that Mary walked down on her way to her execution. If you look closely at the staircase there are markings said to have been made by the rings on Mary's fingers as she gripped tightly on the rai
It was once home to Fotheringay Castle, which is now in ruins. Originally built as a Norman Motte castle by Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Northampton around 1100, it is famous for being the scene of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587. Little remains of the castle at Fotheringay but the earthwo…
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Fotheringhay, England