Editing Fotheringhay (section)

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in England}}
{{Other uses|Fotheringay (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country =                 England
|type =                    [[Village]] and [[civil parish]]
|official_name=            Fotheringhay
|coordinates = {{coord|52.5292|-0.4463|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|population=        119
|population_ref=    (2011)
|civil_parish = Fotheringhay          
|unitary_england=          [[North Northamptonshire]]
|lieutenancy_england=            [[Northamptonshire]]
|region=                   East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]]
|post_town=                Peterborough
|postcode_district =       PE8
|postcode_area=            PE
|dial_code=                01832
|os_grid_reference=        TL0593
|london_distance=
|static_image_name=Fotheringhay nene.jpg
|static_image_caption= Fotheringhay, across the [[River Nene]]
}}

'''Fotheringhay''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[North Northamptonshire]], England. It is {{convert|4|mi|km}} north-east of [[Oundle]] and around {{convert|13|mi|km}} west of [[Peterborough]]. It is most noted for being the site of [[Fotheringhay Castle|Fotheringhay (or Fotheringay) Castle]] which was razed in 1627. There is nothing left of the castle to be seen today other than the [[motte-and-bailey|motte]] on which it was built that provides excellent views of the [[River Nene]]. The [[Nene Way]] [[long distance footpath]] runs through the village.

As the home of the great [[House of York|Yorkist]] line, the village was, for a considerable part of the 15th and 16th centuries, of national standing. The death of [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] at [[Battle of Bosworth Field|Bosworth Field]] altered its history irrevocably. As the historian John Nicholls stated, "Fotheringhay has been distinguished beyond any other place in Britain, except the Capital, by the aggravated misfortunes of Royalty."<ref name=bonney>{{cite book|title=Historic Notices in Reference to Fotheringhay|url=https://archive.org/details/historicnotices01bonngoog|author=Henry Kaye Bonney|year=1821}}</ref>

At the time of the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], the parish's population was 123 people,<ref>{{cite web|title= Fotheringhay CP |work=Parish headcounts  |url= http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797249&c=fotheringhay&d=16&e=15&g=472581&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1260099444531&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |publisher= [[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=6 December 2009}}</ref> reducing to 119 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123550&c=Fotheringhay&d=16&e=62&g=6451152&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467555421562&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=3 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>