Fotheringhay

[foth -uh-ring-gey]

noun

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

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Historical Examples of fotheringhay

The earl was sent back to the Tower and thence to Fotheringhay.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6
Various
You know the rest,—the last tragedy of all, in the Castle of Fotheringhay.
Zigzag Journeys in Europe
Hezekiah Butterworth
But most notable are the relics of Fotheringhay Castle incorporated into the Talbot.
In Unfamiliar England
Thomas Dowler Murphy
Fotheringhay bore “Silver two lions passant sable, looking backward.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3
Various
From Fotheringhay we returned to the York road and followed it northward for about twenty miles.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car
Thomas D. Murphy

British Dictionary definitions for fotheringhay

Fotheringhay

noun

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

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