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Stamford Baron St Martin was a civil parish in Stamford, England, including the southern part of Stamford, south of the

River Welland The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some long. It drains part of the Midlands eastwards to The Wash. The river rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market ...

, and therefore historically part of Northamptonshire. It remains an ecclesiastical parish used by the Church of England; the parish church is St Martin's. The ''Baron'' part of the name comes from the fact that the area was granted as a barony to the Abbot of Peterborough in the 15th Century.Alt URL
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Wothorpe Wothorpe is a village and civil parish in the Peterborough unitary authority of Cambridgeshire, England. It is in the far north-west of the district, and to the south of Stamford (in Lincolnshire). The parish borders Northamptonshire to the west ...

, which was split out civilly in 1866. The parish was divided again in 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888. The area of the parish which was inside the boundary of the municipal borough of Stamford became considered part of Lincolnshire along with the rest of Stamford, and retained the name Stamford Baron St Martin, whilst the outer part became the parish of

St Martin's Without St Martin's Without is a civil parish in the Peterborough unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. It was originally created in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 from the part of the Stamford Baron St. Mart ...

remaining in the Soke of Peterborough associated with Northamptonshire. The rump of civil parish was abolished in 1930 when all the Stamford civil parishes were merged to form one single Stamford parish (also taking in

Stamford All Saints Stamford may refer to: Places Australia * Stamford, Queensland, Australia, a town and location in the Shire of Flinders Canada * Stamford Township, Ontario, a former township first in Upper Canada, then in Canada United Kingdom * Stamford ...

Stamford St George Stamford may refer to: Places Australia * Stamford, Queensland, Australia, a town and location in the Shire of Flinders Canada * Stamford Township, Ontario, a former township first in Upper Canada, then in Canada United Kingdom * Stamford ...

Stamford St John Stamford may refer to: Places Australia * Stamford, Queensland, Australia, a town and location in the Shire of Flinders Canada * Stamford Township, Ontario, a former township first in Upper Canada, then in Canada United Kingdom * Stamford ...

Stamford St Mary Stamford may refer to: Places Australia * Stamford, Queensland, Australia, a town and location in the Shire of Flinders Canada * Stamford Township, Ontario, a former township first in Upper Canada, then in Canada United Kingdom * Stamford ...

, and

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). St Martin's Without and Wothorpe still exist as civil parishes, now in the

City of Peterborough The City of Peterborough is a unitary authority district with city status in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The area is named after its largest settlement, Peterborough but also covers a wider area of outlying villages and ha ...

unitary authority area of Cambridgeshire.

References

*Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume II History of Lincolnshire History of Cambridgeshire Stamford, Lincolnshire {{Cambridgeshire-geo-stub