SNIPPETS

Browse our library of published historical snippets linked with Stamford and the surrounding area.

Licence to Construct Buildings in the Churchyard for the use of the Rector of St George's Church, Stamford in 1295

St George's Church, Stamford in 1295

Submitted by Chris Hunt

31 October 2025

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Polish Troops in the Stamford Area

Stamford Local History Society

31 October 2025

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Lulu and the Luvvers play the Lansbury Club in Stamford in 1964

Lansbury Club, later called the Newage Club

Chris Hunt

30 September 2025

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W H Smith & Sons opens Book & Newspaper stall at Stamford Midland Railway Station

Stamford Railway Stations

Stamford Mercury (Friday) August 28th 1885

14 September 2025

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Fire at the Star Tea Company Shop on the High Street in 1904

Stamford Mercury 18th November 1904

21 August 2025

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The Luftwaffe comes to Stamford

31st October 1940

Unknown

27 July 2025

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Black Sabbath Plays Baston 1970

Marquee Barbecue and Dance

Sleaford Standard 10th July 1970

24 July 2025

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The Night of the Coventry Blitz - 1940

Memories of the Blitz

Eric Hunt

28 June 2025

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Roasted Grain Advert – Better Than Coffee - Sold in Stamford 1822

John Drakard is best known as the editor of Drakard’s Stamford News

Drakard's Stamford News 20th September 1822

28 June 2025

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Silk Mills, Stamford - Advert to Parish Officers

Mr Gouger was advertising for young female staff in both Drakard’s Stamford News

Drakard's Stamford News - 29th November 1822

28 June 2025

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Fear of invasion at Stamford Grammar School after Dunkirk

Evacuation after Dunkirk

The Stamfordian Vol 11. No 3.

31 May 2025

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The day World War Two was declared - September 3rd 1939

Recollections

Recollection from 1939

31 May 2025

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Stamford in the Second World War - 1940: Pillboxes

Defenses against the threat of German invasion

Mike Sockett

31 May 2025

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Barton Transport Limited Concrete Bus Stop Post Survivor

Concrete bus stops

Chris Hunt

28 April 2025

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Anti-Printing Poem by an Unknown Hand, Published in 1820

The Banished Printer to His Trade – A Parody

Submitted by Chris Hunt

28 April 2025

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Stamford Improvement Commission Meeting. Foul Smells in Stamford 1854

Stamford Mercury 1854

Submitted by Chris Hunt

29 March 2025

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Stamford Mid-lent Fair in the past.

Stamford Mercury Early Reports

Submitted by Keith Hansell

29 March 2025

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Royal Writs Addressed to John Buckingham Bishop of Lincoln 1373

Mandate to attend parliament

Submitted by Chris Hunt

3 March 2025

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Move of Police Station from Stamford Town Hall to the Portico

Stamford Mercury 1890

Submitted by Chris Hunt

3 March 2025

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Stamford Races 1849 - Admission Ticket to the Red Stand on Thursday July 19th 1849

Stamford Racecourse on Wittering Heath

Submitted by Chris Hunt

3 March 2025

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Poem 1806

An Amusing Apology from a Lincolnshire Newspaper 1806

Submitted By Chris Hunt

3 March 2025

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New Landlord and Refurbishment at the George Inn 1725

Stamford Mercury 1725

Submitted by Chris Hunt

3 March 2025

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New Footbridge over the River Welland 1863

Stamford Mercury 1863

Submitted by Chris Hunt

3 March 2025

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The Vestry Books and Registers of St.John's Parish, Stamford

Source - The Rutland Magazine

Submitted By Chris Hunt

4 February 2025

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Peterborough GNR Loco v Stamford Rutland Ironworks November 9th 1895

Football Match Commentary

Chris Hunt

3 February 2025

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A Christmas Card from the 46th North Midland Division

Christmas Card

Submitted By Chris Hunt

3 February 2025

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Essendine to Ryhall Single Railway Ticket

L.N.E.R Ticket

Submitted by Chris Hunt

3 February 2025

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Carmen Nuptiale On the Marriage of Lord and Lady Burghley, September 7th 1875

Undated Newspaper Cutting

Submitted By Chris Hunt

3 February 2025

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Early History of a Mormon Community in Stamford

Mormons in Stamford

Submitted by Chris Hunt

6 January 2025

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Water Supply Issues in Stamford (Washing Clothes and Making Beer) 1550.

Stamford Mercury 1873

Submitted by Chris Hunt

6 January 2025

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Regulations For Brewers in Fetching Water in 1666

Stamford Mercury 1873

By Chris Hunt

6 January 2025

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Royal Air Force Wittering Christmas Menu 1942

RAF

Submitted by Chris Hunt

6 January 2025

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Saracen’s Head in Stamford

Another Lost Inn in Stamford

Alan Rogers

6 January 2025

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Catholic Chapel in Stamford 1851 - Parish of All Saints.

Published by the Lincoln Record Society

Submitted by Chris Hunt

6 January 2025

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St John's Parish Stamford Owning Land in Ufford 1860

Stamford Mercury 1860

Chris Hunt

16 December 2024

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The Incumbents of the Stamford Churches c.1886

Chris Hunt

16 December 2024

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Anonymous Abuse – 1830s style: or Little Changes in Politics.

John S Hartley

9 December 2024

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Smallpox in Stamford in 1822

Source - Town Talk (a London paper).

Chris Hunt

9 December 2024

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Harriet Swanson and William Blades.

Stamford Mercury 1845

Keth Hansell

7 November 2024

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October 31st 1940 - The Luftwaffe Comes to Stamford.

An eyewitness account

Geoff Jones and N.J. Sheehan

25 September 2024

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My School-Days in Stamford by Edith Nesbit

My School-Days which was serialised between October 1896 and September 1897 in The Girl’s Own Paper.

Chris Hunt

26 July 2024

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Stamford Town Bridge 1792

Hall Book 1792

Chris Hunt

27 June 2024

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The Archive of St Michael's Church

Honorary Life member of the society provides a glimpse of the numerous documents often collected by local churches.

John S Hartley

14 November 2023

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A List of Stamford Aldermen from 1398 to 1457

Despite many early records from this period having been destroyed or lost a Steward of Stamford Town preserved a list of sixty aldermen.

Chris Hunt

1 January 2022

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Radcliffe and Browne's School, Stamford-Prize Volume

A school prize binding

Chris Hunt

1 January 2021

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Blackstone & Co Works Rules 1916

An interesting insight into industrial work rules during WWI

Chris Hunt

1 January 2018

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Religious Foundations of Medieval Stamford

There have been many requests for this book which is now out of print and not easily re-printable

John S Hartley and Alan Rogers

1 February 2017

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Drowning on Broad Street

Landlady found face down in cistern

Chris Hunt

1 January 2017

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Rate Book 1836

In 2017 Alan Rogers published his transcript of the 1836 rate assessment of Stamford. This important document lists all of the property in the town and names the owners and the tenants.

Professor Alan Rogers

1 January 2017

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Stamford and Magna Carta

Text of talk given to Stamford Local History Society

Dr Henry Summerson

1 April 2015

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