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Holbeche House
Holbeche House was until recently a care home
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Town or cityKingswinford near Dudley (formerly in Staffordshire)
CountryEngland
Coordinates52°30′44″N 2°10′17″W / 52.5122°N 2.1713°W / 52.5122; -2.1713

Holbeche House (also, in some texts, Holbeach or Holbeache) is a mansion located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Kingswinford,[1] now in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley but historically in Staffordshire.[2] Some members of the Gunpowder Plot were either killed or captured at Holbeche House in 1605.

  1. ^ "Holbeche House, Staffordshire". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  2. ^ Aikin, L. p.244

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