Fotheringhay

[ foth-uh-ring-gey ]

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noun

a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.

Fotheringhay

/ ˈfɒðərɪŋˌɡeɪ /

a village in E England, in NE Northamptonshire: ruined castle, scene of the imprisonment and execution of Mary Queen of Scots (1587)

From Fotheringhay we returned to the York road and followed it northward for about twenty miles.

His followers abandoned Fotheringhay, but stood a siege at Bytham.

The park overlooks long lines of flat, amid which rises Fotheringhay Church.

We have driven to Fotheringhay, and seen again the mound and the one remaining stone of the castle.

The earl was sent back to the Tower and thence to Fotheringhay.

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