Images of Stamford: A Quick Tour- Continued

Stamford's Churches

The ecclesiastical history of Stamford is one of very ancient origin, the buildings remaining at present being merely a proportion of the wealth of former days. A traveller of the 14th century would have had a view of a town almost wholly composed of towers and spires of churches, colleges and alms houses.

Stamford: A Guide- The Stamford Town Development Committee

Medieval Buildings

Although the Roman town of Great Casterton is only 2 miles to the North, there is little evidence of Roman occupation at Stamford. In the 9th century it became an important Anglo-Scandinavian centre. In the 10th century it was won back from the Danes by King Edward the Elder, who established a subsidiary settlement south of the river (now St. Martin's) and probably built the first bridge. By late 10th century it was one of the five boroughs of the Danelaw and had a market and mint. The industry of the early Middle Ages was based on cloth, on iron-working, and on pottery. At the time of the Doomsday Survey Stamford had a market, a fair, and at least four churches.

The Buildings of England: Nikolaus Pevsner