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Stamford (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 39 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.6500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 29 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.4833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient market town located on River Welland; Scandinavian settlement in the 9th century; Norman castle built in the 10th century; notable churches include St. Mary's, All Saints, and a 7th-century Benedictine Priory; there are also fine medieval gateways here as well as a marketplace; town was wealthy from the wool trade; town expanded during Industrial Revolution. |
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| Stamford (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Stanford (H,V)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Steanford (H,V)
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Stamford (inhabited place) (P) |
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Mercia (historical region) (P,H) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an important early center |
| town (C) |
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| monastic center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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once capital of the Fens |
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