Stamford is a town of churches and their towers and spires still dominate the town. Only six of the original seventeen medieval churches survive. One of those is now deconsecrated and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
ST PETER’S CHURCH was possibly the first church in Stamford and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Set on the top of a hill above the river, this was once the focal point of the town with the newly built Norman Castle. By the C14th the church was in a state of disrepair The parish was amalgamated with All Saints’ in the C16th and the church demolished. Now all that remains of the church is an attractive grassy area near the bus station surrounded by C18th housing.
ST PAUL’S CHURCH was deconsecrated during the Reformation and part of it became a school room and is now the chapel of Stamford School.
ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, the large and impressive building on High Street is C19th and replaced an earlier medieval building which collapsed following ill advised structural alternations to the nave involving the removal of arcade pillars. The church was made redundant in 1962 and later sold to a developer who gutted the building. The building now houses shops, building society and an insurance company.
ST PETER’S CHURCH was possibly the first church in Stamford and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Set on the top of a hill above the river, this was once the focal point of the town with the newly built Norman Castle. By the C14th the church was in a state of disrepair The parish was amalgamated with All Saints’ in the C16th and the church demolished. Now all that remains of the church is an attractive grassy area near the bus station surrounded by C18th housing.
ST PAUL’S CHURCH was deconsecrated during the Reformation and part of it became a school room and is now the chapel of Stamford School.
ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, the large and impressive building on High Street is C19th and replaced an earlier medieval building which collapsed following ill advised structural alternations to the nave involving the removal of arcade pillars. The church was made redundant in 1962 and later sold to a developer who gutted the building. The building now houses shops, building society and an insurance company.
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