North Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire District
Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay Castle

Fotheringhay Castle, also known as Fotheringay Castle, was a High Middle Age Norman in the village of 3+1⁄2 miles to the north of the market town of , Northamptonshire, England.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ruined castle in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Fotheringay Castle” and “Fotheringhay motte and bailey castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay and Garden Cottage.

Church
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The is a parish church in the Church of England in , . It is noted for containing a mausoleum to leading members of the Yorkist dynasty of the Wars of the Roses. is situated 950 feet northwest of Fotheringhay Castle.

Building
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is a building, which is situated 760 feet northwest of Fotheringhay Castle.

Restaurant
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is a restaurant, which is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Fotheringhay Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fotheringhay and Warmington.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England. It is 4 miles north-east of and around 13 miles west of .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , with a population of 874, increasing to 939 at the 2011 Census. The village's name means 'Farm/settlement which is connected with Wyrma'. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fotheringhay Castle.

Photo: Brian Whittle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a market town and civil parish on the left bank of the River Nene in , England, which had a population of 6,254 at the time of the 2021 census.

Fotheringhay Castle

Latitude
52.52419° or 52° 31′ 27″ north
Longitude
-0.43588° or 0° 26′ 9″ west
Open location code
9C4XGHF7+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1062188047
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q1439593
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Fotheringhay Castle” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ֆոթերինհայ ամրոց”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Фотэрынгей”
  • Belarusian: “Фотэрынгей”
  • Catalan: “castell de Fotheringhay”
  • Cebuano: “Fotheringhay Castle”
  • Chinese: “弗瑟林赫城堡”
  • Danish: “Fotheringhay Castle”
  • Danish: “Slot Fotheringhay”
  • Dutch: “Fotheringhay Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Fotheringay”
  • French: “château de Fotheringhay”
  • French: “Château de Fotheringhay”
  • German: “Fotheringhay Castle”
  • German: “Fotheringhay”
  • German: “Schloss Fotheringhay”
  • German: “Schloß Fotheringhay”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר פות’רינגיי”
  • Hindi: “फोथरिंघे किला”
  • Indonesian: “Fotheringhay”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Fotheringhay”
  • Italian: “Castello di Fotheringhay”
  • Italian: “Fotheringhay Castle”
  • Italian: “Fotheringhay”
  • Japanese: “フォザリング城”
  • Japanese: “フォザリンゲイ城”
  • Kazakh: “Фотерингей қамалы”
  • Kazakh: “Фотерингей сарайы”
  • Malay: “Istana kota Fotheringhay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fotheringhay Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Fotheringhay Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Фотерингей”
  • Russian: “Фотерингей”
  • Scots: “Fotheringhay Castle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Fotheringhay”
  • Slovenian: “grad Fotheringhay”
  • Swedish: “Fotheringhay Castle”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Фотерінгей”
  • Welsh: “Castell Fotheringhay”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fotheringhay Castle”. Photo: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.