Tag: History
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Telling the Story of Burghley
A brand new book telling the story of Burghley House offers a beautifully presented guide to Stamford’s Elizabethan country house....
Food & Drink
Restaurants in Rutland & Stamford: The George of Stamford
Curated continuity at The George of Stamford ensures it’s a consistent pleasure to visit Stamford’s oldest restaurant It never gets...
Heart of the County
Pubs in Stamford
This month we’re raising a glass to an important part of Stamford’s history in the form of its coaching inns,...
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The English Versailles
This month we’re enjoying a tour around the Duke of Buccleuch’s Boughton House, an English Versailles created by Ralph Montagu...
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Talking Shop
Stamford remains a town which prides itself on both the health of – and the ongoing support for – its...
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Stamford’s Most Famous…
As three of the town’s most famous figures – Colin Dexter, ‘Jack’ Pick and Harry Burton – are set to...
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A tale of two Williams
Oxford don, historian and broadcaster, Prof., Suzannah Lipscomb stops by in Stamford this month to deliver an engaging lecture on...
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Rutland’s Hidden Gems
There’s ‘multum in parvo’ as far as England’s smallest county is concerned. For a time Rutland was incorporated into its...
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The Queens of their Castles…
A new series of podcasts created by Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland reveals the story behind some of the...
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Burghley’s War Heroes
The Marquess of Exeter and his Marchioness ensured that during The Great War they did all they could to support...