English Heritage sites near Fotheringhay Parish
APETHORPE PALACE
3 miles from Fotheringhay Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
7 miles from Fotheringhay Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
KIRBY HALL
9 miles from Fotheringhay Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
12 miles from Fotheringhay Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
12 miles from Fotheringhay Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
15 miles from Fotheringhay Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
Churches in Fotheringhay Parish
St Mary the Virgin & All Saints
Fotheringhay
Peterborough
01832 280025
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Pubs in Fotheringhay Parish
Falcon
Main Street, Fotheringhay, PE8 5HZ
(01832) 226254
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