THE “GREY FRIARS”
The river was always outside of the Roman town, for the south wall, running east and west from the Stonebow, where are now Guildhall Street and Saltergate, turned up by Broadgate Street, and here, just inside its south-east angle, is now the interesting “Grey Friars,” a thirteenth century building consisting of a vaulted undercroft and long upper room, now used as a museum.
AFTERNOON TEA
I have no Lincoln notes of the eighteenth century of any special interest, but from this little extract it looks as if the institution of afternoon tea had been anticipated by a hundred years in Lincoln. The extract is from “A Sketch wrote Aug. 4, 1762, at Lincoln,” and deals with housekeeping expenses. The entries are:—
| “Three guineas a year for tea | £3 | 3 | 0 |
| “Loave sugar | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| “Tea, a quarter of an ounce each morning. | |||
| “Sugar, half of a quarter of a pound each morning. | |||
| “Also an allowance for sometimes in the afternoon.” |
CHAPTER XII
ROADS FROM LINCOLN, WEST AND EAST.—MARTON, STOW, COTES-BY-STOW, SNARFORD, AND BUSLINGTHORPE
West—The Foss-Dyke—Marton—Stow—Cotes-by-Stow. East—Fiskerton—Barlings Abbey—Gautby—Baumber—Snelland—Snarford and the St. Poll Tombs—Buslingthorpe—Early Brass—Linwood.
PASSAGES OF THE TRENT