The Anglo-File

Tips and tidbits for travel and for fun

A Room of One’s Own

The Bull & Swan, Stamford

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Visiting Stamford, it’s an old coaching inn that fits the bill. The Bull & Swan has most recently joined Stamford’s great inn options. Describing itself as a venue of “Quirky Luxury,” the inn does indeed proffer superbly appointed accommodations and top quality, creative comestibles and libations. Right on the edge of the Burghley estate, The Bull and Swan is easy walking distance to all the prospects of this pretty market town.

The British Heritage
PUZZLER

Last issue we suggested: “I am a market town, built of locally quarried limestone and among the finest stone towns in the country. I was first made rich with the wool trade, which supported the building of 14 medieval churches in town. Later, I became famous for my coaching inns, with more than 40 stagecoaches a day passing through town in Georgian times.”
Yes, we’re in Stamford, halfway along the Great North Road (the present A1) between London and York. Read more about it as we explore the town in “A Day to Visit Stamford,” p. 26. Of course, if you already read the story, you guessed immediately.
Now, let’s puzzle this. Dedicated to a 7th-century saint, I am unique in having three spires. The verbose Doctor was born within my shadow.

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Locals agree Stamford is a wonderful place to live and work—as well as a great visit.[/caption]

Do join a cast of many and play the Puzzler.
Email your answer to:
[email protected].
All entries are acknowledged.

The Bull & Swan

St. Martin’s
Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 3LJ
www.thebullandswan.co.uk

Sites for the Savvy

• www.visitbritain.com
  The official British tourism website
• www.london2012.com
  The Olympic site has it all
• www.historynet.com
  A great archive of British Heritage stories

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• www.parliament.uk
  Everything you wanted to know about Parliament
• www.visit-newark.co.uk
  All the bumph on Newark-on-Trent
• www.picturesofengland.com
  Wonderful images across the isle

Top 10 English Degree Courses

Want to read Dickens, Auden and Jane Austen? Here’s where to study English literature in Great Britain—based on the percentage of students who got a 1st or a 2:1 according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, FALMOUTH
BRISTOL UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF YORK
DURHAM UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX

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All things bright and beautiful, indeed. Amateur photographer Ian Peters, of nearby Rodham Common, captured the moment. Peters just happened to be driving by the village following a heavy thunderstorm, when he spotted the rainbow beaming down on the coronet of 12th-century Holy Trinity Church.[/caption]

Holy Trinity Church
Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire

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Coming Up in British Heritage:

• That Famous English Breakfast


• London’s Inspiring Vistas


• A Hike along Offa’s Dyke


• Glamping at Stamford Bridge


• The Eden Project


• The Queen’s New Year

Keeping in Touch

We are always delighted to hear from British Heritage readers—and to occasionally pass along the enthusiasms and travel tips you share. Our posting address is 19300 Promenade Drive, Leesburg, VA 20176. Most folk these days, however, email us at [email protected].

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