In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fotheringhay like this:
FOTHERINGHAY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Oundle district, Northampton. The village stands on the river Nen, near the boundary with Huntingdon, and near the Northampton and Peterborough railway, 3½ miles NNE of Oundle; was once a market-town; and has now a post office under Oundle, and a fair on the third Monday after 5 July. ...
The parish comprises 2, 110 acres. Real property, £4, 185. Pop., 246. Houses, 48. The property is all Lord Overstone's. A castle here was built, in the time of William the Conqueror, by Simon St. Liz, second Earl of Northampton; was rebuilt by Edmund, Duke of York, son of Edward III.; had a keep in the shape of a fetterlock; was the place of Edward IV. 's meeting with his queen, on his return from quelling the insurrection in the north; was the place also of that king's receiving homage from Alexander, king of Scotland; was the birthplace of Richard III.; was settled by Henry VIII. on his first queen, Catherine; was the prison, the place of trial, and the execution-place of Mary Queen of Scots; and was dismantled about 1628. A nunnery stood near the church in ancient times; was made collegiate by Edward of York, in 1412; and was given, by Edward VI., to Northumberland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £200.* Patron, Lord Overstone. The church is decorated English, of the time of Henry V.; was the burial-place of Shakspeare's Edward of York who died at Agincourt, and of Richard Duke of York who was slain at the battle of Wakefield; contains a fine font, a finely carved pulpit, and some monuments erected by Queen Elizabeth to the Plantagenets; and is in good condition. A grammar-school, founded by Queen Elizabeth, has £20: and other charities have £75. -The sub-district contains twelve parishes and four extra-parochial places. Acres, 26, 110. Pop., 6, 251. Houses, 1, 353.
Fotheringhay through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fotheringhay in East Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7935
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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