Haunted Hotels in Oundle

Talbot Hotel has an oak staircase that was part of Fotheringay Castle until the 1600s. Mary Queen of Scots was tried and beheaded in that castle. Mary was supposed to have walked down that staircase to her execution, and left a mark on the staircase's wood from her ring. Guests report that her spirit walks down that staircase and her portrait is moving from the wall.