Stamford, All Saints' Church, Interior 1922
Photo ref: 72327
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Photo ref: 72327
Photo of Stamford, All Saints' Church, Interior 1922

More about this scene

The rebuilding of All Saints' church in the 15th century was largely funded by the Brownes, a family of wealthy wool merchants. Some of the family memorial brasses can be seen attached to the wall on the left. The interior today is virtually unchanged, except that the boards listing the Ten Commandments have been removed from either side of the chancel arch and a new carpet has been fitted.

A Selection of Memories from Stamford

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Stamford

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This where I lived until I was 3 years old. I remember it clearly. Looking for old prints or photos.
Daniel and Amy - Wedding Day, 18th September 2010
This photo was taken around 1960 as my father (who can be seen in the photo, cleaning the bedroom window) bought number 11, St Paul's Street in 1958 and did not open the barber shop for over a year. I was 5 years old when we moved in and I grew up there with my younger brother. My father kept the barber shop open until he fully retired in 1997 and my parents lived there until 2006, when they moved to a bungalow. The ...see more
This photograph was taken in the year my father was born in the house which is just out of sight at the far left-hand side of the picture (No. 2). I was also born in the same house 33 years later. Most of the buildings shown here are still standing, but the cottage with two windows on the left-hand side had been rebuilt by the time I was born, and since the mid-1960s there has just been a gap there ...see more