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Stamford has the finest collection of medieval churches – five in all – of any small town in England. The area is known for its stone and slate quarries and the Collyweston stone slate is found on the roofs of many Stamford buildings.
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Stamford was the only one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw not to become a county town. Initially a pottery centre making Stamford Ware, it had gained fame by the Middle Ages for its production of the woollen cloth known as Stamford cloth or haberget, which "In Henry III's reign... was well known in Venice." [10]
- Historic Towncentre
- Burghley House
- Burghley Park
- Browne’s Hospital
- All Saints’ Church
- Stamford Arts Centre
- St Leonard’s Priory
- Stamford Town Hall
- St Martin’s Church
- Stamford Library Heritage Display
There are 600 listed buildings in Stamford, mostly from the 17th and 18th century and built with the town’s signature limestone. One older landmark is the 14th-century Brasenose Gate, built when students and tutors from Oxford’s Brasenose and Merton Colleges set up a breakaway college before being ordered to return by Edward III. On West Street sta...
Commissioned by William Cecil, this spellbinding Elizabethan Prodigy House has been home to the Cecil family ever since. The exterior’s splendid stonemasonry, designed to make an impression on the queen, has changed little since the 16th century, while most of the interiors were last reworked at the end of the 18th century. The house is open Sunday...
Most of what greets you at Burghley Park today, like the stately avenues, the lake and its Lion Bridge, is the work of the famed Capability Brown. The 26-acre lake was designed like a meandering river after Brown found a seam of watertight blue clay on the grounds. One of the many pleasures of the estate is gazing over Stamford’s stone built townsc...
This almshouse in the centre of Stamford was founded in 1485 by the rich local wool merchant, William Browne. As was common at the time, the ten poor men and two poor women given shelter at the hospital were required to attend the chapel twice a day to pray for the founder’s soul. Browne’s Hospital is a functioning almshouse, but on weekends you ca...
The Browne Family also left their mark on the church just down the hill. William Browne was responsible for the steeple at the end of the 15th century, following on from an expansion by his father John. As you might guess there are plenty of monuments for three generations of the Browne family inside All Saints’, with fine 15th-century brasses for ...
The best place to catch live entertainment in Stamford is also a beautiful landmark. On St George’s Square this hall, built with rusticated stone walls, was completed in 1768 as Stamford’s Assembly Rooms. The 166-seat theatre inside had been run down for a century before reopening in 1978, and now serving as a multi-disciplinary arts venue. You can...
Take a walk along Priory Road, heading east from the town centre, and pretty soon you’ll come to an extraordinary Norman ruin. The story of St Leonard’s Priory begins in the middle of the 7th century, but that early monastery was destroyed in the Danish Invasion. In 1082, the Bishop of Durham chose this site for a priory, serving as a cell of Durha...
One of Stamford’s rich ensemble of Georgian monuments, the town hall was built to purpose in 1779, and construction was partly funded by the Cecil family. Looking up from the pavement on St Mary’s Hill you can admire the cartouche sporting Stamford’s coat of arms. Something unusual about the building is that its northern elevation, visible on St Ma...
South of the River Welland, St Martin’s Church is in a quarter of Stamford that belonged to the county of Northamptonshire until the late 19th century. The church is a solemn Perpendicular Gothic building dating from a complete reconstruction in the 15th century. The reason you have to visit is to see the Renaissance family tombs of the Cecil famil...
As the town museum closed in 2010, the library is somewhere to come for a bit of context about Stamford. This exhibition opened in 2012 and has a mixture of interpretation boards and interactive displays shedding light on different aspects of the town’s history. You can learn about Stamford’s wool trade, and its links to the Great North Road, the m...
Features a sculpture garden with water features and a "Garden of Surprises. 2. Burghley Park. Elizabethan house nestled in manicured gardens with a large deer herd, scenic walks, and lake. Features include a sculpture garden, historical insights, and family-friendly water attractions. 3.
things to do in Stamford. Share. Burghley House. Burghley House is one of the largest surviving Sixteenth century houses. Conceived by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen... Houses & Castles Historic Buildings.
Modern-day Stamford. Today, Stamford attracts visitors, not only for its buildings and history, but also its thriving independent shops, especially antiques, and quality local food and drink. The River Welland winds its way through the town and the lovely Stamford Meadows is a popular spot for riverside walks and picnics.
Jul 13, 2016 · Sir Walter Scott called Stamford “the finest stone town in England,” and it still may be. After all, the old town center has more than 600 listed buildings built of locally quarried light gray limestone. Those five medieval churches are generally open to visit. Do climb the steps to Browne’s Hospital on Broad Street.
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