Tutbury is a large village of about 3,000 residents surrounded by the agricultural countryside of Staffordshire and Derbyshire. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the Midlands of England. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive hill and mountain scenery. ...
It is 5 miles north of Burton-upon-Trent and 20 miles south of the Peak District. Burton-upon-Trent is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England, which originally grew up around the monastery of St. ... [[Image:Rock_Climbers_on_Stanage_Edge_large. ...
Cut glass has been manufactured here for many years and a tourist trade has built upon the long and distinguished history of the Norman Priory Church and Medieval Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was once imprisoned. Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart or Stewart) (December 8, 1542 – February 8, 1587), better known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was the ruler of Scotland from December 14, 1542 – July 24, 1567. ...
There are some fine Georgian and Regency buildings and the half-timbered Dog and Partridge Hotel. There are antique and craft shops in the village as well as factory shops at the two glassworks. The English Regency, or simply Regency, is a name typically given to a period from 1811 to 1820 in the history of the United Kingdom. ...
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Local history and information can be found at the Tutbury website
Not much remains of this once large castle, and not all the ruins are genuine, the tower on top of the motte is a mid 18th century folly.
The original Norman castle was built in 1071 for Hugh de Avranches but it was almost immediately transferred to Henry, Lord of Ferriers and Chambrais in Normandy.
However the castle was already in a poor state of repair when Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned at Tutbury in the late 16th century.
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