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Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Near Trowbridge, Somerset

A lady who burned her husband in the kitchen oven, and a lord who locked his wife in a tower.

Farleigh Hungerford was home to a family with a dark history. In 1523 Lady Agnes Hungerford was hanged at Tyburn for murdering her first husband, whose body was said to have been burned in the castle's kitchen oven.

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When
Built 1370s
Where
51.3170, -2.2850
Group
Castles & abbeys

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English Heritage, open in season.

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