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St Paul's, now the Stamford School chapel, from the southwest. The Church of St Paul in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, was one of the town's fourteen Medieval parish churches until its deconsecration and extensive demolition during the Reformation when the remaining part became used as the schoolroom of Stamford School.
Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 [3] and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. [4] The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval parish churches. [5] It is a frequent film location.
The Church of St Michael the Greater is a late-Georgian Gothic church in Stamford, Lincolnshire which stands on the south side of Stamford High Street on the site of an earlier, Medieval predecessor. The church is a Grade II listed building [1] as, separately, is the churchyard wall.
Browne's Hospital is a medieval almshouse in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It was founded in 1485 by wealthy wool merchant William Browne to provide a home and a house of prayer for twelve poor men and two poor women. [3] The garden
In 1828 Stamford and Rutland Infirmary was built on the site of the Friary. It is now Stamford and Rutland Hospital. [4] The only surviving structure from the medieval friary is the 14th-century gateway known as the "Whitefriars gatehouse"; however academic research now suggests it was a Franciscan friary not one of the Carmelite Order.
Early Medieval Stamford ware sherds, "dating to 10-11th century. The group includes many rouletted and pseudo-rouletted rims and shoulder sherds. These and an inverted rim sherd, suggest a pre conquest date". Found in Rutland. Stamford ware is a type of lead-glazed earthenware, one of
St Mary's Church, Stamford is a parish church of the Church of England, located in Stamford, Lincolnshire, lending its name to St Mary's Hill (part of the old Great North Road) on which it stands, and which runs down to the river crossing opposite The George Hotel.
A modern monument inspired by (but not directly modelled on) the lost medieval cross was erected in Stamford in 2009. [142] It was designed by Wolfgang Buttress and sponsored by the Smith of Derby Group; and it stands in Sheepmarket, rather than at the original location. It takes the form of a tall stone and bronze spike: the carved detail is ...