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FOTHERINGHAY
, a See also:village of See also:Northamptonshire, See also:England, picturesquely situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Nene, 1 z m. from See also:Elton station on the See also:Peterborough See also:branch of the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway
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The See also:castle, of which nothing but the earthworks and See also:foundations remain, is famous as the See also:scene of the imprisonment of See also:Mary See also:queen of Scots from See also:September 1586 to her trial and See also:execution on the 8th of See also:February 1587
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The earthworks, commanding a See also:ford of the river, are apparently of very See also:early date, and probably See also:bore a castle from See also:Norman times
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It became an important stronghold of the Plantagenets from the See also:time of See also:Edward III., and was the birthplace of See also:Richard III. in 1452
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