Stamford
Stamford names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Stamford a municipal borough of England
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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. 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.
Stamford a city in Fairfield co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city in Fairfield co., Conn.; on Long Island Sound, and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad; 34 miles E. of New York. Here are the Ferguson Library, high school, hospital, town hall, parks, waterworks, street railroad and electric light plants, several National and savings banks, and a number of daily and weekly newspapers. It is the residence place of many New York business men. The industries include woolen mills, lumber mills, and manufactories of carriages, chemicals, wire, pianos, paints, chocolate, hardware, stoves, straw hats, machinery, shoes, locks, dye-stuffs, pottery, etc. Pop. (1910) 25,138; (1920) 35,096.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's put Stamford, Connecticut at 35,096 people in 1920 and listed its trade as straw hats, pianos, chocolate and locks; the Yale & Towne lock works closed in 1959, and the city rebuilt itself around corporate headquarters and banking, passing 135,000 residents by 2020 and becoming one of Connecticut's largest cities. The English Stamford has gone the other way, growing only modestly to about 20,000, and in 1967 it became the first town in England to be designated a conservation area, which froze much of the stone townscape Collier's admired. Burghley House still stands in its park and has hosted the Burghley Horse Trials since 1961; the Stamford Mercury, founded 1695, is still published. One detail is now out of date: the borough is wholly in Lincolnshire, the Northamptonshire part having been transferred in the 19th century.
Written for this edition, 2026.