[1] The first town hall in Stamford was formed by a first-floor room in the gatehouse, located on the north side of the bridge across the River Welland, which was completed in 1558.

[5] It was designed in the neoclassical style, probably by Henry Tatam, built in locally sourced ashlar stone and completed in 1779.

[4] A prison was also established in the building, but the cells were very small and the conditions extremely poor and it ceased operating in 1878.

[11] After the Stamford Museum in Broad Street closed in 2011, some of the exhibits were transferred to the town hall, for visitors to see.

[12] Works of art in the town hall include a painting depicting bull-running in Stamford, a practice which only died out after a ruling by the Court of the Queen's Bench, which prohibited it, in 1838.