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"Stamford lies in the limestone belt just west of the fens, in gently undulating country in the Welland Valley. Its nearness to many fine stone quarries enabled earlier builders to use natural materials of lasting quality. Fortunately these buildings have been exceptionally well preserved, as Stamford has grown slowly, and the main structure of the old medieval town still exists." The Stamford Guide: Dolby Brothers Ltd, 1968 Where is Stamford?Stamford in Lincolnshire and is situated 10 miles north of Peterborough and 100 miles north of London. It stands on a vast deposit of limestone which runs almost continuously from Dorset through the Cotswolds and Lincolnshire and ends up in Yorkshire. The River Welland runs through Stamford. Stamford has a unique conservation status, which has protected numerous important historic buildings many of which date from the Georgian and medieval times One of Stamford's most famous historic buildings is Burghley House, which was the country house of Elizabethan courtier William Cecil, Lord Burghley in 1587.
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