The Parish Church of Saint Thomas A Becket
Stained glass window

The small village of Greatford sits on the River Glen a few miles north-east of Stamford. The parish church is dedicated to St Thomas A Becket and sits close to the river, it is mainly 13th century and cruciform in shape with the tower and broach spire built into the south transept.

Next to the church sits Greatford Hall where Dr Francis Willis lived, he cured George III of his first bout of madness in 1788.
A monument to Dr Willis can be found inside the church.

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The Parish Church of Saint Thomas A Becket
Stained glass window

The small village of Greatford sits on the River Glen a few miles north-east of Stamford. The parish church is dedicated to St Thomas A Becket and sits close to the river, it is mainly 13th century and cruciform in shape with the tower and broach spire built into the south transept.

Next to the church sits Greatford Hall where Dr Francis Willis lived, he cured George III of his first bout of madness in 1788.
A monument to Dr Willis can be found inside the church.

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The Parish Church of All Saints

Sitting on Red Lion Square in the centre of Stamford, All Saints is one of Stamford's famous 5 medieval parish churches, there is a small amount of 12th century stonework, but the bulk of the church dates from the 13th century.

Extensive additions were made by the Browne family in the 15th century. John Browne, funded the 15th-century construction and his son, William, funded and built the steeple.

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The Parish Church of St Martin.
View of the nave.

St Martin's Church was founded by the 12th century and entirely rebuilt in the Perpendicular style in the 15th century.
The North Chapel houses the tombs of the Cecil family, including monuments to William Cecil, first Lord Burghley, and John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter.

The town of Stamford sits on the River Welland and the Great North Road on the border of four English counties (Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland). The town is best known for its core of 17th and 18th century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval parish churches.

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The Parish Church of St Mary, detail of stained glass window.

The church was built by the twelfth century, the tower in the thirteenth century and the spire in the fourteenth century. The spire was saved from collapse following a recommendation by William Stukeley in 1741 that it should be repaired, work which was eventually carried out in 1788 by Charles Haynes, using iron strapping. The spire was strengthened again in 1913 by the addition of internal tie bars.

One of the glories of St Mary's is the 14th century Corpus Christi Chapel. It is the earliest part of the church and has connections with an educational foundation that later became Stamford School. The ceiling is one of the very few decorated medieval wagon vaults to survive in the East Midlands.

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