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Welcome to WikiProject Stamford. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Stamford and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Goals

  • Improve the coverage, both breadth and depth, of matters relating to Stamford, Stamfordians and nearby areas.

Scope

  • Stamford
  • Stamford buildings
    • Alms houses, etc.
    • Coaching houses
    • Public houses
    • The destroyed churches
    • The gas works (built at a cost of 9000?)
    • The wharf
    • The Arts Centre
    • St. Martins, Stamford
    • Barnwell House
    • Architecture
  • Open spaces
    • Recreation ground
    • Exeter (named after the school, in turn presumably named after the Marquess of Exeter)
    • Field
    • Casterton Quarry
  • Stamford institutions
    • Schools
    • Churches
    • Monasteries and nunneries
    • Business
    • Third sector
  • Stamfordians
    • Philanthropists
    • The Cecils
    • Artists, authors and musicians
    • Courtiers
    • The military
    • Business and commerce
    • Earls of Stamford
  • Transport
    • Ermine Way/great North Road/A1
    • Stage coach
    • Motor
    • Canal
    • River
    • Train
    • Bus
    • Balloon
  • Nearby villages and towns
    • In particular
      • Toll Bar
      • Wothorpe
      • Tinwell
      • Great Casterton
      • Little Casterton
  • Electoral history
    • Constituencies
      • Members of parliament
    • European representation
    • District and country representation
  • The Soke of Peterborough
  • Burghley and the Cecils
    • Burghlegy Park
    • The family
    • Hatfield
  • Sport
    • Three day event
    • Sports teams
    • Notable athletes
  • Royalty
    • Visitations (At least 2)
  • Media
    • Local media
    • Press based in Stamford
  • Civil War
  • Archaeology
  • Stamford Castles
  • The Danelaw (Fyfe Townes, Sefyn Townes)
  • The Earls of Stamford
  • Military
    • WWI
    • WWII
    • War memorials (there are at least 3 in Stamford proper)
  • Stamford le Baron
  • Festivals from
    • The Bull Run to
    • Stamford Blues Festival

Guidelines

  • Remember articles have to be on notable subjects
  • Content needs to be significant to the article
  • Try to ensure articles are correctly categorised - ask on the talk page for help.
  • If you have trouble uploading pictures, please ask for help - remember your own pictures are fine, but other people's must be suitable under copyright law.

Open tasks


Participants

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

  1. Rich Farmbrough (talk · contribs) (I am interested in working on pictures, history, burials, parliaments, archaeology, notable residents, popular culture.) 12:29, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Articles

Featured content

Candidates

New articles

Please feel free to list your new Stamford-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,000 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.

Review and assessment

Assessment

Assessment

Peer review

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Statistics

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