A short stroll around Stamford to admire its impressive architecture before following the Welland upstream to Tinwell in Rutland, then up to Easton-on-the-Hill in Northamptonshire, across to Burghley Park and House in Cambridgeshire and back through Stamford (in Lincolnshire). Hence the Four Counties Walk.
The four counties almost meet at a point where the railway passes under the A1 (see arrow on map). If they did, this location would be the only county boundary quadripoint in England. Unfortunately, the two tripoints, Cambridgeshire/Northamptonshire/Lincolnshire and Rutland/Northamptonshire/Lincolnshire are not coincident, they are 20m apart!
View of River Welland looking downstream from the bridge onto Town Meadows
Tinwell Mill - mills on this site date back to the Domesday Book
All Saints Church, Easton-on-the-Hill - the best kept gravestones in ???shire
Easton-on-the-Hill Village Hall, one of many fine buildings in the village
Wothorpe House just west of the A1
Wothorpe house - in better repair than the one on the wrong side of the A1
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| View of Stamford across the Welland Valley |
North and South Bottle Lodges - entry to Burleigh Park
Lunch near the lake, Burleigh House in the background
Aha, a ha-ha!
River bank protection on the Welland
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| A very select group today |
Remains of 12th century St Leonard's Priory
Burghley Almhouses, (Lord Burghley's Hospital), Station Road, Stamford dating back to 1597