Stamford

Summary

Stamford is a town^[1]. Stamford ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,676 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Stamford is located in Stamford^[3].
• Stamford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Stamford's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Stamford's instance of is recorded as market town^[6].
• Stamford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kutná Hora^[7].
• Stamford's postal code is recorded as PE9^[8].
• Stamford's Commons category is recorded as Stamford, Lincolnshire^[9].
• Stamford's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[10].
• Stamford's local dialing code is recorded as 01780^[11].
• Stamford's OS grid reference is recorded as TF0207^[12].
• Stamford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.6556, 'lon': -0.4837}^[13].
• Stamford's authority is recorded as Stamford Town Council^[14].
• Stamford's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stamford, Lincolnshire^[15].
• Stamford has a population of {'amount': '+20742'}^[16].
• Stamford's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Stamford's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[18].
• Stamford's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• Stamford's category for people born here is recorded as Q65599317^[20].
• Stamford's category for people who died here is recorded as Q28920779^[21].
• Stamford's category of associated people is recorded as Q134359218^[22].
• Stamford's historic county is recorded as Lincolnshire^[23].

Body

Geography

Stamford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Stamford is located in Stamford^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Stamford has a population of {'amount': '+20742'}^[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5] and market town^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Stamford include Stamford A.F.C.^[24], an association football club^[25], in United Kingdom^[26], founded in 1896^[27] and Stamford railway station^[28], a railway station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].

Why It Matters

Stamford ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,676 views/month).^[2] Stamford has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Stamford is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for Stamford include Stamford A.F.C.^[24], an association football club^[25], in United Kingdom^[26], founded in 1896^[27] and Stamford railway station^[28], a railway station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].