Monument Number 347829 |
| Hob Uid: 347829 | |
Location :
Lincolnshire
South Kesteven
Stamford
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| Grid Ref : TF0250006900 |
| Summary : Medieval town wall at Stamford, believed to have been built between 1135 and 1154. The wall may have been damaged in the "sack" of Stamford in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses, though the severity of the damage is open to question. It is clear that it was not wholly destroyed as there is later documentary evidence for residents of the town applying to make private doorways in the walls. The parts that remain show evidence of modern restoration and coping. |
More information : [TF 02500698] Wall [GT] (Rems of); [TF 03360715] Site of Wall [GT]
[TF 02630716] Site of Wall [GT]. (1)
Stamford town wall appears to have been built by the reign of
Stephen. Probably destroyed in 1461 during the Wars of the
Roses. (2)
The course of the Town Wall and extant part at the angle of West
Street shown. [Transferred to O.S. 25".]. (3)
The only extant portion of the Town Wall is from TF 0251406984 to
TF 0252606996. It shows evidence of modern restoration and coping.
G.P. AO/61/300/5. (Town Wall from NE). (4)
TF 027 073. Site of town defences (North Street). Scheduled no.
LI/259. (5)
Additional reference. (6)
(TF02520699) Town Wall (NR) (7)
(TF02630716) Town Wall (NR) (course of) (NAT)
(TF03360715) Town Wall (NR) (course of) (NAT). (8)
Full description. (9,10)
Rogers notes that the destruction to the walls in the so called "sack of Stamford" in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses may have been exaggerated. Evidently there were enough parts of the walls standing thereafter for there to have been documentary evidence of residents of the town applying to make private doorways through the walls to the fields north of the town. (11) |