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Radio WM,04 Nov 2026,6 mins

Holbeche House and the Gunpowder Plot

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Ringleader Robert Catesby and some of his Catholic co-conspirators fled to Holbeche House after Guy Fawkes had been caught preparing to blow up the Houses of Parliament in a bid to kill the Protestant King James 1. This is the story of how Holbeche House became of the final stand of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Image: Getty

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