The magnificent church at Fotheringhay, the village whose castle was the last place of
imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots. She was executed there in 1587
Members of the Newbon family can be found in King’s Cliffe for over a century before Walter Newbon’s baptism in 1750, members of his family can be found in the village of King’s Cliffe. Several members of the Newbon family can also be found in neighbouring villages, in particular Fotheringhay and Apethorpe, at various times during the late 1600s and early 1700s. The earliest reference to the Newbon family in King’s Cliffe is the marriage of Richard Newbon and Anne Whitehead, which took