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Stamford (Municipal borough of England)

a municipal borough of England, chiefly in Lincolnshire, but partly also in Northamptonshire; on the Welland, 12 miles W. N. W. of Peterborough. Hengist is said to have here defeated the Picts and Scots in 449, and Stamford thereafter is notable as one of the Danish "five burghs," for the persecution of its Jews (1190), for its colony of Flemish Protestants (1572), as the birthplace of the earliest provincial newspaper, the Stamford "Mercury" (1695), and for its famous bull-running on Nov.

STAMFORD 13, from King John's time till 1839.

Among its many interesting buildings should be mentioned St. Mary's, with a fine spire, All Saints, with a fine tower and steeple, St. Martin's, with Lord Burghley's grave, a town hall, corn exchange, literary institute, a bridge, Brown's Hospital (15th century), and boys' and girls' high schools. "Burghley House, by Stamford town," is a magnificent Renaissance pile, dating from 1575, with a noble park, carvings by Grinling Gibbons, and a great collection of pictures. The trade and industries are mainly agricultural. Pop. about 10,000.