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About Fotheringhay. Address: Castle Farm Cottage, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England, PE8 5HZ. Attraction Type: Castle. Location: No dedicated parking area; park on the main Fotheringhay road. The castle is on a footpath beside Castle Farm, off the main road. The village is four miles north of Oundle. off the A605.
The motte and bailey castle at Fotheringhay lies at the south eastern end of the present village close to the River Nene. The castle consists of a substantial earthwork motte, an inner bailey and the remains of the outer bailey earthworks. The motte is a steep-sided round mound approximately 7m high and about 70m in diameter. The top of the ...
Fotheringhay’s great days were largely over. The Chancel of the massive church was pulled down in 1553 during the dissolution of the monasteries. The castle was levelled in the 1630’s. What’s left is a beautiful echo of it’s former glories – the lovely stone church across the river, and signs of grand stones and carvings in the ...
Fotheringhay Castle Fotheringhay Castle was in the village of Fotheringhay 3 1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) to the north of the market town of Oundle, Northamptonshire. It was probably founded around 1100 by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton. In 1113, possession passed to Prince David of Scotland when he married Simon’s widow. The castle then descended with the Scottish princes until the
Fotheringhay is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Oundle and around 13 miles (21 km) west of Peterborough . It is most noted for being the site of Fotheringhay (or Fotheringay) Castle which was razed in 1627.
Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire was originally a possession of the Scottish kings, but was forfeit to the English Crown in 1294. It came to prominence after Richard II granted it to Edmund of Langley the founder of the house of York. As such it became one of King Edward IV’s favourite country seats. Originally a motte and bailey castle, in the mid-1460s, Edward commissioned ...
7. Feb. 2015 · Fotheringhay was granted to her son King Edward along with other estates. By 1469, King Edward IV and his wife Elizabeth Woodville would occasionally make Fotheringhay their residence. After Cecily Neville died in 1495, King Henry VII gave Fotheringhay to his wife, Elizabeth of York, King Edward IV’s daughter. King Henry VIII gave the castle ...
