All Saints' Church, Stamford is an historic parish church, of the Church of England, in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It is on the north side of Red Lion Square.
History
A central church at Stamford is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but none of it remains. All Saints' Church has a small amount of 12th-century stonework, but the majority of its construction dates from the 13th century, including its exterior blind arcading, which is an unusual feature for a parish church.
Extensive additions to the church were made by the Browne family in the 15th century.Chronology of Stamford: Compiled from Peck, Butcher, Howgrave, Harrod, Drakard, Parliamentary Reports, and Other Important Works By George Burton, Published by R. Bagley, 1846 John Browne, a Merchant of the Staple of Calais, funded 15th-century additions: and his son, William, Mayor of the Calais Staple, funded the construction of the church's steeple. The late-15th-century work is of "considerable inventiveness" in its use of architectural details such as ornamental battlements. Only members of the Browne family are buried inside the church.
The archaeologist and antiquary William Stukeley was vicar of All Saints' Church from 1730 to 1747.
Its parish includes St John the Baptist's Church which was declared redundant in 2003.
The adjacent All Saints' Place (which is named after the church and constitutes the base of Barn Hill) was described by the renowned architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner as the 'visual hub' of Stamford.
Organ Its 1890 William Hill & Sons organ was rebuilt in 1916 by James Jepson Binns.
Organists
Frederick Ries Barratt, 1837 – 1840Lincolnshire Chronicle, Friday 24 January 1840 Mr Shearman, until 1847Stamford Mercury, Friday 3 September 1847 Miss Burton, from 1847 Frank Ketcher, until 1883Northampton Mercury, Saturday 23 June 1883 (afterwards organist of St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden) George Fletcher, 1883 – 1885 Haydon Hare, 1885 – 1895Stamford Mercury, Friday 1 February 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 – 2008Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Wednesday 30 July 2008 Jeremy Jepson, 2008 – 2011 (previously St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle) 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, Cambridge)
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