Stamford features [9]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 26 Sep 2021

Seen here on the corner of Bath Row and Castle Dyke is the only upstanding remains of Stamford Castle. The remains are the east wall of the hall, formerly the east wall of the small Court Leet building and now incorporated in a modern shed. There are three door openings, doubtless the service doorways at the lower end of the hall, of 13th-century date but showing signs of being reset. The castle was built soon after the Norman invasion and by 1600 all the buildings had gone. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1308487 the castle site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1005011 Stamford is a market town on the southern border of Lincolnshire, located at the lowest point that the River Welland could be forded. It is some 11 miles northwest of Peterborough and about 27 miles east of Leicester, and is set on Roman Ermine Street and the Great North Road. The picturesque town is constructed almost entirely of limestone, much of the town centre was built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Jacobean or Georgian style. Tourism is an important element of Stamford’s economy.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0