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<p> An interesting old town, partly in [[Lincolnshire]] and partly in Northamptonshire, on the Welland, 12 m. WNW. of Peterborough; was one of the five Danish burghs, and is described in [[Domesday Book]] ( <i> q. v </i> .); a massacre of Jews occurred here in 1140, and in Plantagenet times it was a place of ecclesiastical, parliamentary, and royal importance; figures in the Wars of the Roses and the Civil War of [[Charles]] I.'s time; has three fine | Stamford <ref name="term_79957" /> | ||
==References == | <p> An interesting old town, partly in [[Lincolnshire]] and partly in Northamptonshire, on the Welland, 12 m. WNW. of Peterborough; was one of the five Danish burghs, and is described in [[Domesday Book]] ( <i> q. v </i> .); a massacre of [[Jews]] occurred here in 1140, and in Plantagenet times it was a place of ecclesiastical, parliamentary, and royal importance; figures in the [[Wars]] of the Roses and the Civil War of [[Charles]] I.'s time; has three fine Early English churches, a corn exchange, two handsome schools, Browne's Hospital, founded in [[Richard]] III.'s reign, and Burghley House, a noble specimen of [[Renaissance]] architecture; the <i> [[Stamford]] [[Mercury]] </i> is the earliest provincial newspaper; the district is mainly agricultural. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_79957"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/stamford Stamford from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79957"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/stamford Stamford from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:01, 15 October 2021
Stamford [1]
An interesting old town, partly in Lincolnshire and partly in Northamptonshire, on the Welland, 12 m. WNW. of Peterborough; was one of the five Danish burghs, and is described in Domesday Book ( q. v .); a massacre of Jews occurred here in 1140, and in Plantagenet times it was a place of ecclesiastical, parliamentary, and royal importance; figures in the Wars of the Roses and the Civil War of Charles I.'s time; has three fine Early English churches, a corn exchange, two handsome schools, Browne's Hospital, founded in Richard III.'s reign, and Burghley House, a noble specimen of Renaissance architecture; the Stamford Mercury is the earliest provincial newspaper; the district is mainly agricultural.
