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Stamford in Lincolnshire

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The Finest Stone-Built Town in England


"Stamford is as fine a built town all of stone as may be seen" Celia Fiennes, 1697

"Stamford is well known as one of the most perfect examples of an historical town in England. Much of its finest architecture belongs to the 17th and 18th Centuries" Alan Rogers, 1970

"England's most attractive town" John Betjeman

"Among stone-built towns there may be some that equal, none I think surpass Stamford" Lady Wedgewood, 1936

"English county market par excellence...The finest stone built town in England" Nikolaus Pevsner, 1962

"The finest sight on the road between London and Edinburgh" Sir Walter Scott

  Stamford people's experiences of living and working in, and maintaining, the buildings of Stamford are explored on the following pages......
 
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