Landmarks
Stamford Bridge has several notable landmarks:
- Corn Mill
- Bridge over the River Derwent
- Viaduct
- Railway Station with platforms, built for the York and North Midland Railway about 1847; grade II listed
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, built 1828 in yellow brick; grade II listed
- Bay Horse Inn, late 18th to early 19th century public house; grade II listed
- Derwent Plastics factory, on the west side of the river, was established in 1934 when a former brewery was converted into a workshop
- memorial commemorating the Battle of Stamford Bridge has been built at the edge of new housing estate overlooking the field where the battle is thought to have taken place.
Just east of Stamford Bridge is the manor house Burtonfields Hall, built in 1837 by the architect Anthony Salvin for Charles Darley. Darley was married to Salvins sister-in-law Marianne Nesfield, and their daughter married Anthony Salvin Junior. The original house was extended by W H Brierley in about 1898.
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