All Saints' Church, Stamford is a

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in the

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, situated in

Stamford, Lincolnshire Stamford is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber ...

, England. It is a

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. The church is on the north side of Red Lion Square which was part of the route of the A1 until the opening of the Stamford bypass in 1960.

History

A Stamford church is mentioned in the ''

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''. None of the original church is still in existence. There is a very small amount of 12th-century stonework, but the bulk of the church dates from the 13th century. Of that date is the exterior blind arcading, an unusual feature in a parish church. Extensive additions were made by the Browne family in the 15th century. John Browne, Merchant of the Staple of

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, funded the 15th-century construction. His son,

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, Mayor of the Calais Staple, funded and built the steeple. Members of the Browne family are the only people buried inside the church. The late-15th century work is of "considerable inventiveness" in its use of architectural details such as ornamental battlements.

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was vicar from 1730 to 1747. The parish includes St John the Baptist's Church which was declared redundant in 2003.

Organ

The 1890

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organ was rebuilt in 1916 by James Jepson Binns.

Organists

*Frederick Ries Barratt 1837 – 1840 *Mr Shearman until 1847 *Miss Burton from 1847 *Frank Ketcher until 1883 (afterwards organist of

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) *George Fletcher 1883 – 1885 * Haydon Hare 1885 – 1895 (afterwards organist of St Nicholas' Church, Great Yarmouth) *Bertie Hare 1895 – 1907 *Mr. Murrell from 1907 (formerly organist at Ramsey) *T. Robins 1929 – 1940 (afterwards organist at Chagford, Devon) *Wilfred A. Stevens 1929 – 1940 (formerly assistant organist at Peterborough Cathedral, afterwards organist of St John's Peterborough) *Albert T.C. Hill 1940 – 1962 (formerly organist at Bourne Abbey) *Harold Harvey 1962 – ca. 1987 *Jeffrey Beeden 1997 – 2008''Rutland and Stamford Mercury'', Wednesday 30 July 2008 *Jeremy Jepson 2008 – 2011 (previously

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) *Anthony Wilson 2011 – 2012 *Michael Kee 2012 – 2013 *Fergus Black 2014 – 2020 *Jeremy Jepson 2020 – 2023 *Benedict Todd 2024 – (formerly Organist and Assistant Director of Music, Great St Mary's, the University Church, Cambridge)

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