page_title: Stamford, Lincolnshire
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Stamford, Lincolnshire / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Burghley House from the parkland surrounding it.
context_page_description: Stamford is a town on the River Welland in Lincolnshire, England, 92 miles north of London on the A1. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701. The town has 17th and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval parish churches. Stamford is a frequent filming location. In 2013 it was rated the best place to live in a survey by The Sunday Times.
context_section_description: Stamford was the first conservation area to be designated in England and Wales under the Civic Amenities Act 1967. There are over 600 listed buildings in the town and surrounding area.
  The Industrial Revolution largely left Stamford untouched. Much of the centre was built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Jacobean or Georgian style. It is marked by streets of timber-framed and stone buildings using local limestone, and by little shops tucked down back alleys. A number of the old coaching inns survive, their large doorways being a feature of the town. The main shopping area was pedestrianised in the 1980s.
  Near Stamford (but in the historical Soke of Peterborough) is Burghley House, an Elizabethan mansion, built by the First Minister of Elizabeth I, Sir William Cecil, later Lord Burghley. It is the ancestral seat of the Marquess of Exeter. The tomb of William Cecil is in St Martin's Church, Stamford. The parkland of the Burghley Estate adjoins the town on two sides. Another country house near Stamford, Tolethorpe Hall, hosts outdoor theatre productions by the Stamford Shakespeare Company.
  Tobie Norris had a bell foundry in the town in the 17th century; his name is now given to a pub in St Paul's Street.
caption: The Elizabethan Burghley House
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