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Are you looking for local history books? The Stamford Local History Society may be able to help you find the publication you are looking for. View a list of our books here and contact us today. BOOKS Several books have been published by members and former members of SLHS. Other books are listed here that relate to Stamford. Most are held at Stamford Library, and some are still available from local bookshops, Amazon or other retail outlets, whilst others may be out of print. If you have difficulty in obtaining a copy you require please CONTACT us as we may be able to help. The Harrison & Dunn Story A History and Memoir Michael Lee Book Design ISBN 9781036911416 William Stukeley's Stamford A selection of drawings from Stukeley's Designs of Stamford Antiquitys John F H Smith FSA Spiegal Press Ltd ISBN Courts, Yards and Terraces The Other Face of Stamford Keith Hansell and Philippa Massey Book Printing UK ISBN Stamford Assets A Catalogue of Newcomb Family Property John Daffurn Eptex ISBN 9780993147951 Stukeley and Stamford, Part 2 Tribulations of an Antiquarian Clergyman, 1730-1738 Edited by John F H Smith The Lincoln Record Society ISBN 9781910653104 George Glover (1812-1890): the unfulfilled potential of a Victorian architect The designer of Rock House and Terrace John Daffurn Eptex, 2022 ISBN 9780993147937 Grey Friars or White Friars? In Search of Stamford's Friaries Linda Ball Chalybeate Books ISBN 9781527285927 Stamford Fairs and Markets Origins of the Stamford Mid-Lent Fair Keith Hansell Hansell, 2021 ISBN 9781399911283 Stukeley and Stamford, Part 1 Cakes and Curiosity: the Sociable Antiquarian, 1710-1737 Diana and Michael Honeybone Lincoln Record Society ISBN 9781910653074 Stamford Tenants A history of Rock Terrace and its occupants John Daffurn Eptex, 2020 ISBN 9780993147920 William Cecil's Survey of Stamford A Town in Turmoil Alan Rogers Abramis, 2020 ISBN 9781845497699 Stamford History Tours Christopher Davies Amberley, 2019 ISBN 9781445659305 A-Z of Stamford: Places-People-History Christopher Davies Amberley, 2019 ISBN 9781445685298 Newstead by Stamford Priory A small but important house of Austin canons N J Sheehan Sheehan, 2018 ISBN 9780957503854 Stamford in 50 Buildings Celebrating 50 years of a conservation town Christopher Davies Amberley, 2017 ISBN 9781445672823 The Story of Stamford Hospital As told in the 19th, 20th & 21st centuries Friend of Stamford Hospital Spiegl Press, 2016 ISBN 9781526204042 Uffington in the County of Lincolnshire In-depth account of one of Stamford's neighbouring villages N J Sheehan Sheehan, 2014, 2019 ISBN 9780957503861 Guild, Hospital and Aldermen N Hill & A Rogers Abramis, 2013 ISBN 9781845495824 The Wardens: Managing a late Medieval Hospital Browne's Hospital, Stamford, 1495-1518 Alan Rogers (ed) Abramis, 2013 ISBN 9781845495992 People and Property in Medieval Stamford Alan Rogers (ed) Abramis, 2012 ISBN 9781845495480 Noble Merchant: William Browne Alan Rogers Abramis, 2012 ISBN 9781845495503 Stamford University: the stuttering dream The story of Stamford's repeated attempts to become a university town N J Sheehan Speigl Press, 2012 ISBN 9780993147920 The Act Book of St Katherine's Guild Stamford, 1480-1534 Alan Rogers (ed) Abramis, 2011 ISBN 9781845495091 Stamford Through Time Christopher Davies Amberley, 2010 ISBN 9781848684812 In Search of Daniel Lambert A winter talk for Stamford Museum at Stamford Theatre 5 March 2009 Philippa Massey Stamford Museum ISBN The Stamford Volunteer Rifle Corps David Nalson Stamford Museum, 2008 ISBN Stamford Pubs and Breweries A history of the drink trade in Stamford Martin Smith Spiegl Press, 2006 ISBN William Browne's Town The Stamford Hall Book, Vol. 1, 1465-1492 Alan Rogers (ed) Stamford Survey Group, 2005 ISBN 9780950283210 Stamford Past Up-to-date modern account of Stamford's colourful past. Rich with images. Christopher Davies Phillimore, 2002 ISBN 1860772285 Stamford in Lincolnshire A collection of early Stamford photographs Chris Hunt Spiegl Press, 1985 ISBN Pick of Stamford History of the Pick Motor Company Michael Key Paul Watkins. 1994 ISBN 9781871615531 Stamford and the Civil War Civil War History Christopher Davies Paul Watkins, 1992 ISBN 9781871615296 Stamford Memories Life in a country town during the 1930s and the 1940s Betty Clark Licolnshire Books ISBN The Book of Stamford Alan Rogers Barracuda Books, 1983 ISBN 9780860231233 A Short History of the Stamford and Rutland Hospital J Quinlan & A Rogers The Friends of Stamford Hospital, 1978 ISBN The Religious Foundations of Medieval Stamford The Religious Foundations of Medieval Stamford J S Hartley & A Rogers Univerity of Nottingham, 1974 ISBN 902031295 A History of Lincolnshire Alan Rogers Darwen Finlayson, 1970 ISBN 852080603 The Medieval Buildings of Stamford Alan Rogers Univerity of Nottingham, 1970 ISBN 902031023 The Making of Stamford Alan Rogers (ed) Leic. Uni. Press, 1965 ISBN 9780718510503

Explore Museum — a digital archive preserving Stamford’s history through artefacts, articles, and records. Discover the town’s heritage across centuries, from industry and trade to wartime stories and everyday life. WELCOME TO THE MUSEUM Welcome to the Museum — a growing digital archive celebrating Stamford’s remarkable past. Here you’ll find stories, artefacts, and records spanning centuries of local life. From industry and wartime resilience to everyday shops and trades, the database brings together history, heritage, and human experience that shaped the town we know today. 19th Century Shops & Shopping 20th Century Breweries & Merchants Industry & Engineering WW1 & WW2

J Claypole & Son BACK CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE IN FULL J. Claypole & Son. Stamford & Peterborough Edison Gold Moulded Records When the Sunset Turns the Ocean Blue to Gold The firm of J. Claypole & Son were sited at the bottom of Red Lion Street and sold not only the latest Edison Music Tubes but also musical instruments. The shop had a Lift to upper floors where pianos were displayed. Before the invention of the flat record, a record was a cylinder. The phonograph cylinder was patented by Thomas Edison in 1878. This example -When the Sunset Turns the Ocean Blue to Gold - was recorded by Byron G. Harlan in 1904. An online recording can be found on the University of California Santa Barbara Library Cylinder Audio Archive Website. DOWLOAD PDF Previous Next

< Back Stamford Races 1849 - Admission Ticket to the Red Stand on Thursday July 19th 1849 Submitted by Chris Hunt Stamford Racecourse was on Wittering Heath, this ticket was for one of the temporary stands erected for race days. The permanent stone-built Grandstand survives, all be it rebuilt as a permanent residence at the east end of Racecourse Road. The ticket is 90mm by 60mm. A print version can be downloaded HERE Previous Next

Contact The Stamford Local History Society - we share a keen interest in all things historical in and around Stamford, Lincolnshire. CONTACT This page provides a contact form for messages and enquiries. Below it are directions to the location of our talks and meetings. Send us a message and we’ll get back to you shortly. Email Your location Your message Send Thanks for submitting! How to find us Our meetings are held at: Barn Hill Methodist Church, Barn Hill, Stamford, PE9 2AE. From September to June members or guest speakers give a range of talks, usually on the first Thursday of each month. Access is via the front door of the Methodist Church on Barn Hill and the covered walkway from Barn Hill or from North Street, which is also a wheelchair friendly entrance. Talks start at 7.30pm with complimentary refreshments served from 7pm. Entry is £2 for members and £5 for non-members , payable at the door.

< Back Licence to Construct Buildings in the Churchyard for the use of the Rector of St George's Church, Stamford in 1295 O. etc. in Christo filio Magistro Johanni de Ferybi rectori ecclesie sancti Georgii Staunford nostre diocesis salute etc. Cum domos seu aream ecclesie tue non habeas assignatis, ejusdemque ecclesiecimiterium tantum in se spatium continere noscatur quod domus tibi et successoribus tuis necessarie in eo edificari non possunt absque prejudicio seu gravamina alieno, prout per inquisitionem auctoritate nostra super his factam accepimus evidenter, tuis supplicationibus favorabiliter inclinati ut in eodem cimiterio pro te et successoribus tuis domos necessaries construere et inhabitare valeas tibique hoc facere possint similiter succedentes, concurrente ad hoc consunsu procuratoris sancti Fromundi patronum dicte ecclesie et parocianorum, liberam faculttatemquantum in nobis est tibi concedimus per presents, ita tamen quod in eodem cimiterio locus sepulture nequaquam artetur, quodque per inhabitationem per hujusmodi edificial aut futuris temporibus locus ipse humationi relictus minime conculcetur, et ecclesie ambitus non claudatur, nec aliud dedecus pretext edificationis seu habitationis hujusmodi sequitur vel attempetur ibidem. Datum apud Theyden IX kalendas Augusti anno domini M.CC . nonagesimo quinto. SOURCE Lincoln Record Society Volume 60. The Rolls and Registers of Bishop Oliver Sutton 1280-1299 Edited by Rosalind M. T. Hill Volume V Memoranda, May 1294 – MAY 18TH 1296 p100-101. TRANSLATION by Google O. etc. in Christ, to his son Master John de Ferybus, rector of the church of St. George, Stamford, in our diocese, health etc. Since you do not have houses or the area of your church assigned to you, and the cemetery of the same church is known to contain only such a space that houses cannot be built for you and your successors in it without prejudice or encumbrance to another, as we have clearly received through an inquiry made by our authority on these matters, favourably inclined by your supplications that you may be able to construct and inhabit necessary houses for you and your successors in the same cemetery and that your successors may do this in the same cemetery, with the consent of the procurator of Saint Fromund, patron of the said church and parishioners, we grant you free authority as far as is in our power by means of presents, so that in the same cemetery no burial place is ever encroached upon, and that by inhabitation by such a building or in future times the place itself left for burial is in no way trampled upon, and the church grounds are not closed, nor is any other disgraceful pretext for such a building or habitation followed or attempted there. Given at Theydon on the 9th of the Kalends of August in the year of our Lord 1295. NOTES. Clearly from the requested Licence, St George’s Parish did not have what we would now call a Rectory otherwise there would have been no need for Bishop Sutton’s permission for its construction. In 1295, St Fromond Priory in Normandy held the advowson of St George’s, and which they held until the French wars during the reign of Edward 3rd. The Licence was endorsed at Theydon Mount in Essex. Bishop Sutton stayed at the Old Temple in London during July and August 1295, there are however a few documents which were issued at Theydon Mount in Essex during this period. Bishop Sutton presence would have been required in London at this time for a Parliament, which sat on August 16th 1295 and the subsequent ‘Model Parliament’ from November 27th to December 4th 1295. Chris Hunt September 2025 A Print version can be downloaded HERE Previous Next

Blackstone Tractor Seat BACK CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE IN FULL This is a cast iron tractor seat manufactured by Blackstone and Company Limited of Stamford. It would have been brown or black originally. They are popular as wall art, like this one owned by a previous employee of Blackstones, or used as bar stool seats. They can be bought online, although watch out for reproductions. Blackstone tractor seats were produced by Blackstone & Co of Stamford, Lincolnshire, a prominent agricultural engineering firm operating between 1889 and the 1930s. These iconic cast-iron seats, often featuring the "Blackstone & Co, Stamford" inscription, were standard on their horse-drawn implements and early tractors, and are now popular antique collectibles for garden furniture. The company, based at the Rutland Iron Works, was a major employer in Stamford for over 100 years, becoming Blackstone & Co Ltd in 1889, focusing on farm machinery. The cast-iron seats were designed to be mounted on various farm implements, such as hay rakes, before being used on early tractors. The distinct cast-iron seats were produced during the height of their agricultural implement manufacturing, generally ranging from the late 19th century up to the 1930s. DOWLOAD PDF Previous Next

Wagon Wheel Nut BACK CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE IN FULL Hayes and Son - Wagon Wheel Nut Hayes and Son were a very successful Carriage and Wagon makers whose main works and showroom was on Scotgate and the site is now a car park. Established in 1825, successive generations took the firm from being a wheelwright in Wansford to a business with factories in Stamford, Peterborough and London and from repairing farm wagons to the construction of carriages for the Prince of Wales, the King of Sweden and the Gaekwar of Baroda. The firm also made motor car bodies before the First World War, held Government Military Contracts and built one-offs like a Rhinoceros Wagon for Wombwell’s Menagerie. A disastrous fire in 1921 hastened the end of the company which ceased trading in 1924. DOWLOAD PDF Previous Next

< Back Royal Writs Addressed to John Buckingham Bishop of Lincoln 1373 Submitted by Chris Hunt ROYAL WRITS ADDRESSED TO JOHN BUCKINGHAM BISHOP OF LINCOLN 1373 Mandate to attend parliament to discuss certain difficult and urgent business and for the king’s war expedition overseas, at Westminster on the morrow of the feast of St. Edmund [17 November], with praemunientes clause. [Edward III]. The writ is contained in a mandate of the bishop to the official of the archdeacon of Lincoln ordering him to order the clergy of his archdeaconry to be present in the church of St Mary by the Bridge (ad Pontem), Stamford, on the Monday after the feast of St Leonard the Confessor [7 November] to elect two sufficient proctors to represent the clergy in Parliament, and to certify to the bishop by letter patent what he has done. Liddington October 1373. Source. Royal Writs addressed to John Buckingham Bishop of Lincoln 1363-1398. Lincoln Record Society, LRS Volume 86. 157 [Reg. 9C p.24]. A copy of the book is held in Stamford Library. Note. St Mary by the Bridge is the church that we see today at the top of St Mary’s Hill . The Bishop issued his writ from his palace at Lyddington in Rutland; parts of the building have survived as the former Bede House now owned by English Heritage. The parliament sat in the medieval Palace of Westminster from November 21st to December 10th 1373. A print version can be downloaded HERE Previous Next

< Back Transcript of Bert Bailey's WWI diary P Massey & K Hansell 2014 Pte Bert Bailey Following the Society's WW1 exhibition in November 2018, to commemorate the signing of the Armistice, we have been given kind permission from the family of Bert Bailey to publish the following transcript below from his diary. For further details and the location of Bert’s residence please visit the Stamford Boys of 1911 . The diary transcript can be accessed HERE Previous Next

< Back Fear of invasion at Stamford Grammar School after Dunkirk After Dunkirk (May/June 1940), when the threat of invasion was very real, a decision was made by Canon Day, Headmaster of Stamford Grammar School, to evacuate School House (the Boarders), together with any day boys who had parental permission, to a remote Elizabethan manor house in North Wales, close to Dyffryn-on-Sea in Merionethshire. So for seven or eight weeks, the Head, his wife, three teachers and some of the boys had a ‘summer idyll’ away from Stamford. Sources. The Stamfordian Vol 11. No 3. (Summer Term 1940) and various. A Printed copy can be downloaded HERE Previous Next