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River Welland at Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:River_Welland.18.6.05.jpgAuthor: Maksim
Stamford is a town in South Kesteven district in the extreme southern part of Lincolnshire, England. Located in a south-westerly protrusion of Lincolnshire, at the meeting point with Northamptonshire and Rutland, Stamford has a population of around 22,000 people (2012 estimate). The River Gwash flows into the River Welland here.
Stamford has a long history that is reflected in its local architecture today. The area was also where the sauropod dinosaur fossil was discovered in 1968 by Bill Boddington. Known as the Rutland Dinosaur, this 15-meter skeleton is one of the most complete dinosaur skeletons to be found in the United Kingdom. Said to be 170 million years old, it is now on permanent display at the New Walk Museum in Leicester.
Broad Street, Stamford: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Broad_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_616752.jpgAuthor: Richard Croft
History of human habitation and permanent settlement in Stamford can be traced to the Roman period. The Roman established nearby Great Casterton as the main settlement in the area, but by then Anglo-Saxon period, the Saxons favored Stamford as the principal town. In the 10th century, the Danes gradually took over the area from the Saxons.
Following Conquest, the Normans built a castle here in 1075. It stood until 1484, when it was demolished, with only remnants of its curtain wall surviving. A bull-running festival took place in town every 13 November, for almost 700 years, from the 12th to the 19th century, until it was discontinued in 1837.
Today Stamford is a historic town an outstandingly preserved medieval core comprising 17th and 18th century stone buildings, timber-framed houses and parish churches.
Visiting Stamford
From London, take the A1 road until arriving in Stamford.
Stamford Museum: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stamford_Museum_by_Bob_Harvey.JPGAuthor: Bob Harvey
Places of Interest in Stamford
- All Saints' Church, Stamford: Anglican parish church dating to the 12th century.
- Church of St Mary and St Augustine, Stamford: Roman Catholic church of the Diocese of Nottingham in Stamford.
- Church of St Michael the Greater: Late-Georgian Gothic church first established in the pre-Norman period.
- St John the Baptist's Church, Stamford: A redundant Anglican church in the town center. Originating in the 12th century, it is today a Grade I listed building.
- St Martin's Church, Stamford: Anglican parish chruch located in the part of town that was Northamptonshire until 1889.
- St Mary's Church: Anglican parish church that gives its name to St Mary's Hill where it stands. It was built in the 12th century,=.
- St Paul's Church: One of the fourteen medieval parish churches in Stamford that was decommissioned during the Reformation.
- Stamford Museum: Museum occupying a Victorian-era building in Broad Street, Stamford, interpreting the town's history.
View of High Street, Stamford, with St Martin's Church: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:High_Street_St_Martin%27s,_Stamford.jpgAuthor: SmileyRose
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