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Historical legend · Ashby St Ledgers

The Plot Room

Treason in the room above.

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Illustration: The Plot Room
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Historical legend

The Plot Room

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What's there
Timber-framed gatehouse
Legend from
Local tradition
Tone
Tense
Gunpowder Plot

Before you go

Private manor: gatehouse seen from the lane; church nearby. Check before you go.

  • Ashby St Ledgers gatehouse
  • Near A361
  • The pin is approximate.
  • Date5 November

Barrels were planned over this gate.

Ashby St Ledgers was Robert Catesby's home, and the room over the half-timbered gatehouse is said to be where the Gunpowder Plot was planned (HER: 'said to be the building where the Gunpowder Plot was conceived').

Sources

  1. Ashby St Ledgers, Wikipedia —
  2. Plotting at Ashby St Ledgers, BBC Northamptonshire —
  3. Gatehouse at south entrance to Manor House (MNN110016), Northamptonshire HER —

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