Fotheringhay, a village of England, in Northamptonshire, on the river Nen, 9 miles SW. of Peterborough. Pop. 225. In the ancient castle of Fotheringhay, founded shortly after the Conquest, Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded in 1587. It was allowed to fall into decay after the accession of James I. to the throne of England.
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