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Stamford has many hostelries but had many more in the past. There are tell-tale signs of former inns all over the town, can you spot them?

The beautiful stained glass above belonged to the Half Moon in Star Lane, now Domino pizza. The icon above the door shows the pub's name (below).

This wall fresco advertising Phillip's  brewery is directly outside the entrance to The Roebuck Inn in Broad Street/Goldsmith's Lane.

If you were rich you could have your business name carved into the stone of your building. This one is evidence of Melbourn's Brewery in All Saints Street, another is Herbert Hart, seed merchant in Broad Street.

The image (left) is the former Stamford Hotel in St. Mary's Street. The open passageway shown here is actually the original stage coach entrance. The entrance to the right of this opening is the original hotel foyer with sweeping staircase and stained glass windows. This building is now destined to become private residences.

The many homes and shops of Georgian Stamford required these inset boot scrapers due to the muddy streets. See BBC's Middlemarch for evidence!

The London Inn on Castle Street. Its name refers to the fact that Stamford was situated on the Old Great North Road (now the A1) with stage coaches stopping in the town on their journeys between London and York

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This building in St. Peter's Street was a High class ladies dress shop. The image below shows a former provisions  shop in a residential area close to Broad Street, an inn  being in the same street!

Another tell-tale sign of former inns is the sign-hanging structure. Look up to see many of these obsolete hunks of metal, some used by today's modern businesses for their shop signs (see below).

This restaurant in Cheyne Lane uses the original pub sign hanger from the ancient "Hole in the Wall"

This timber-framed building is on St. Peter's Hill facing a piece of land with stone-pillared gateway, site of the medieval St. Peter's church (below).

Stamford had a terracotta factory. This detail can be found on the frontage of No. 30 High Street.

This roundel at the bus station, the former site of the town's castle, is evidence of a former tower