https://www.stamfordfriars.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2021-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1620572935670-8Z2QNE2KVF9191W4M5WF/book-mockup-scene-copy%25402x.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617539125864-FEX73NASVIQI6W7RHMYD/Untitled+design+%2813%29.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1620571067138-VI8PJIBKBX1BRNC1TJJP/Untitled+design+%2811%29.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1620573533668-HYRYODIFPJXAUESVVU05/1.1InfGateIMG_1283.jpg Home Stamford’s noble 700-year-old gateway, the sole surviving remnant of the era of the friars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617530498304-S3ADHF8951BT8X4IIM35/book-mockup-1---gfwf-copy%402x+%281%29.png Home 1600s town plans and the friary sites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617531900720-VR3BRCXMT6O8M7B2C2ZA/book-mockup-1---gfwf%402x+%282%29.png Home 1700s pictorial representations of the friary sites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617531940562-C539J8WF2DUQWTIWPAA5/book-mockup-1---gfwf-copy%402x+%281%29.png Home Remains and archaeology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617530960687-X51INCQSD81E4W8KA9QC/book-mockup-1---gfwf%402x+%281%29.png Home 1386 ‘Joan the fair maid of Kent’ buried at Grey Friars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617545150195-VCSAAOJ85BJNG5RGJRJ5/Untitled+design+%2814%29.png Home - About the author Linda Ball FRSA was born and educated in Stamford. Since retiring from an academic career in teaching and research in creative art and design higher education in 2011 she has pursued a lifelong interest in history. This study of the medieval friaries of Stamford is her most recent project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617561692932-2EEDRYHAXA43QO96BSD1/Untitled+design+%2817%29.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617546273730-1LSKN1NI6WQOE9XQCKF8/Untitled+design+%2814%29.png Home https://www.stamfordfriars.co.uk/about-stamfordfriars daily 0.75 2021-05-10 https://www.stamfordfriars.co.uk/resourcesstamfordfriars daily 0.75 2022-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1618153095212-8H1V02TSYHLONAU42RDM/M11SpeedHarrod1785.jpg Resources Map M11 ’Speed’s Map of Stamford taken in 1600, amended by W Harrod 1785’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1618152069968-HC9Y9YL27A9ENK0B8Y5W/M1+Badeslade-Toms-of-Lincolnshire-c-1741.jpg Resources Map M1: Parliamentary Map Lincolnshire, surveyed by T Baderslade & engraved by W Toms 1742 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1618152330942-8II39BL3L3DK1CQTJE6H/M3ClarkStamfordMapFinalWithInset.jpeg Resources Maps M3, M3a and M3b: Stamford town plan based on 1887 OS 1:2500, artwork by P Clark 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1618156076399-YVRQ2QJMGWJP624NQ3KW/Untitled%2Bdesign%2B%252819%2529.jpg Resources Map M8 ‘Prospect of the town of Stanford from Parson’s Cross' 1719, in Peck 1727, Plate 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/37739cce-3bcd-4b2a-ab2b-c3dfade0bd9c/IMG_0791.jpeg Resources Burnham Norton, White Friars gatehouse (exterior) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/ec0f61c6-06ea-4517-b32f-ec2db274660d/IMG_0821.jpeg Resources Burnham Norton, White Friars gatehouse (internal view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/c82feeae-71e5-4075-8731-4348b8d390b0/2.6Chichester-Greyfriars-North-2007.jpg Resources Chichester, chancel of the Grey Friars church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1620576105381-ONDFYIZSVO93YZZLB2QD/IMG_0952.jpg Resources King’s Lynn, Grey Friars hexagonal bell tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1626605972075-EZ9OND2BH6GPIVD06HFW/IMG_0581.jpg Resources Canterbury, Grey Friars guest house built over River Stour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1626605250203-GUK96MM8JEZ7LOCMQ9NV/GFWFArminghallArch.jpg Resources Norwich, White Friars gate, removed to Arminghall Hall, Bixley. 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Since retiring from an academic career in teaching and research in creative art and design higher education in 2011 she has pursued a lifelong interest in history. This study of the medieval friaries of Stamford is her most recent project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617561692932-2EEDRYHAXA43QO96BSD1/Untitled+design+%2817%29.png Home (archive backup) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617546273730-1LSKN1NI6WQOE9XQCKF8/Untitled+design+%2814%29.png Home (archive backup) https://www.stamfordfriars.co.uk/contact daily 0.75 2021-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1620414310049-IV5S0UR2ATF07Q92FX2R/IMG_6585.jpeg Contact - chalybeate publishers Chalybeate Books publishes non-fiction books on local history. 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Since retiring from an academic career in teaching and research in creative art and design higher education in 2011 she has pursued a lifelong interest in history. This study of the medieval friaries of Stamford is her most recent project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617561692932-2EEDRYHAXA43QO96BSD1/Untitled+design+%2817%29.png Home final backup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1617546273730-1LSKN1NI6WQOE9XQCKF8/Untitled+design+%2814%29.png Home final backup https://www.stamfordfriars.co.uk/reviews-press daily 0.75 2021-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6060698ce87f914018b71af3/1626799130750-YIOZYEOAYEE1Q0KH85TE/Untitled+design+%2822%29.png Press / Reviews backup - A Stamford medieval mystery explored in new book. 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