Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOLBECHE HOUSE

HOLBECHE HOUSE, an old mansion in Stafford; 3 miles W by N of Dudley. It was a seat of the Littletons; was the retreat of Catesby, Wright, Percy, and other actors in the gunpowder plot; and was the place where they were taken.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "an old mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Staffordshire AncC

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