Stamford (Lincolnshire)
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 39 ′ N , 0 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | TF0207 | ||
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| Residents | 19,525 | ||
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| Post town | STAMFORD | ||
| ZIP code section | PE9 | ||
| prefix | 01780 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East Midlands | ||
| Shire county | Lincolnshire | ||
| District | South Kesteven | ||
| Civil Parish | Stamford | ||
| British Parliament | Grantham and Stamford | ||
Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire on the A1 to York and Edinburgh .
Stamford was the first parish to be listed under the Civic Amenities Act 1967. Since then, the entire old town and St Martin's have been designated as areas of structural and historical interest with national importance.
history
Stamford is on Roman Ermine Street but was not a Roman settlement. Only the Anglo-Saxons expanded Stamford due to its location on the Welland River . In 972 King Edgar made the place a "borough". Previously, Stamford was one of the Five Boroughs of Mercia , i. H. one of the most important Viking settlements in the East Midlands next to Derby , Leicester , Lincoln and Nottingham . The Normans built a castle around 1075, which was probably destroyed in 1484.
Attractions
- Burghley House (16th century)
- Old town
- St Martin's
- The ruins of Stamford Castle
- All Saints Church
Burghley House
St Martin's
Stamford Castle
Bridge over the Welland
Personalities
- Martin J. Aitken (1922–2017), physicist and archaeometer
- James Bradshaw (actor) (born 1976), actor
- David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905–1981), President of the IAAF
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1521–1598), politician
- Colin Dexter (1930-2017), crime writer
- Thomas Emlyn (1663–1741), Presbyterian-Unitarian preacher and writer
- John George Haigh (1909–1949), serial killer
- Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922), publisher
- Mike Jackson (born 1944), General
- Robert von Ketton (12th century), theologian
- Rob Lynch (* 1986), English singer / songwriter
- Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), conductor
- Mike Thelwall (* 1965), information scientist
- Michael Tippett (1905–1998), composer
- David Jackson (* 1947) musician
Movie
Stamford has been chosen as a location for filming more often, for example for the films The Golden Bowl (2000), the films Pride and Prejudice (2005) and The Da Vinci Code (2006)
