Stamford

Stamford

The name Stamford may refer to:

Places

In the United States:
*Stamford, Connecticut, the most populous Stamford of all Stamfords
*Stamford, Nebraska
*Stamford (town), New York
*Stamford (village), New York
*Stamford, Texas
*Stamford, Vermont

In the United Kingdom:
*Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, the oldest Stamford
*Stamford Hill, London
*Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire
**Battle of Stamford Bridge
*Stamford Bridge (stadium), the home ground for Chelsea Football Club

In Australia:
*Stamford Hotel, a hotel chain

People

*The Earl of Stamford, created in 1628, is an extinct title in the Peerage of England
*Sir Stamford Raffles

Institutions

*Stamford University in Bangladesh
*University of Stamford, a mythical English university founded by King Bladud

ee also

Stanford (disambiguation)


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  • STAMFORD — STAMFORD, corporate and finance center in Connecticut; population (2004) 111,000; Jewish population (2004) est. 14,000. The earliest Jewish merchants were Nehemiah Marks (1720), and Jacob Hart (1728), who by 1738 was the fifth highest taxpayer in …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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  • Stamford, CT — U.S. city in Connecticut Population (2000): 117083 Housing Units (2000): 47317 Land area (2000): 37.745072 sq. miles (97.759283 sq. km) Water area (2000): 14.326526 sq. miles (37.105530 sq. km) Total area (2000): 52.071598 sq. miles (134.864813… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Stamford, NE — U.S. village in Nebraska Population (2000): 202 Housing Units (2000): 102 Land area (2000): 0.474136 sq. miles (1.228006 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.474136 sq. miles (1.228006 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Stamford, NY — U.S. village in New York Population (2000): 1265 Housing Units (2000): 621 Land area (2000): 1.325542 sq. miles (3.433137 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000924 sq. miles (0.002392 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.326466 sq. miles (3.435529 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Stamford, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 3636 Housing Units (2000): 1713 Land area (2000): 5.959104 sq. miles (15.434007 sq. km) Water area (2000): 6.886165 sq. miles (17.835086 sq. km) Total area (2000): 12.845269 sq. miles (33.269093 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Stamford — Stamford, 1) Stadt (municipal borough) in der engl. Grafschaft Kesteven (Lincolnshire), am schiffbaren Welland, hat mehrere alte Kirchen, Reste einer Benediktinerabtei (7. Jahrh.), ein literarisches Institut mit Museum, eine Lateinschule,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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