Elton Hall is a baronial hall in Elton, Cambridgeshire

Elton, Cambridgeshire

Elton is a small village within the historic boundaries of Huntingdonshire , England. It lies on the B671 road. Elton Hall and the hamlet of Over End are located on the same road a mile south of the village....

. It has been the ancestral home of the Proby

Sir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet

Sir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet, DL , was an English landowner and bursar of Eton.The eldest son of Sir Richard Proby, he was raised on the family estate, Elton Hall, near Oundle. Peter was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford...

 family since 1660.

The hall lies in an 3800 acres (15.4 km²) estate through which the River Nene

River Nene

The River Nene is a river in the east of England that rises from three sources in the county of Northamptonshire. The tidal river forms the border between Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for about . It is the tenth longest river in the United Kingdom, and is navigable for from Northampton to The...

 runs. The building incorporates 15th, 17th, 18th and 19th century parts.

Elton Hall is two miles (3 km) from Fotheringhay Castle

Fotheringhay Castle

Fotheringhay Castle was in the village of Fotheringhay 3½ miles to the north of the market town of Oundle, Northamptonshire .King Richard III was born here in 1452 and it was also where Mary, Queen of Scots, was tried and executed in 1587....

, where Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in 1587.

See also

• Historic houses in England