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Saltersway, SLEAFORD, NG34 0AU

The road through Threekingham is now called "Salter's Way", a name which is linked to the road between Droitwich and Boston. See also Slatersford on the Witham south of Grantham (see Image). The accounts given in local histories are however fairly disparate: the church history suggests that Salt from saltpans in the wash was traded toward the midlands, and the village web site that Salt from Drowitich was traded toward the east coast ports.

These are above the entrance to the Three Kings Inn.

In a village called Threekingham what else would the pub be called? My Dictionary of Place Names is a bit vague about how this name came about. Trichingeham in the Domesday book, the suggestion is that the first element comes from old English "Threkkr" meaning mud, combined with the frequently found "ingham" suffix. So, a muddy place. Not that exciting, really.

The original route of the A52 through the village before the bypass was built, and presumably on the line of the Salt Way Roman road. (Note that the street sign says 'Salters Way', but 'Saltersway' appears to be the preferred spelling)

The former archway through to the rear of the Three Kings Inn was converted to an indoor space some time in the 1970s. It has been made to look a little like a Dickensian street, albeit one with armchairs. The Lamppost is part of that. It is genuine Victorian cast iron lamp.

Listed Grade II, early 18th century https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061736?section=official-list-entry . The following from the Threekingham parish website: "The Three Kings Inn: Reputedly, a hostelry has been on the site of The Three Kings Inn for centuries. An ailing King John stayed at the Inn during October 1216 when he was en route from Swineshead Abbey to Newark Castle where he died. Three centuries later, on the 8th August 1554, King Henry VIII passed through the village on his way to York and returned a few weeks later. In the 18th Century the Inn was known as the Harvest Home and then the Barley Mow. In about 1737, Dick Turpin's mother-in-law, Mrs Berrys, ran the Inn, and he frequently visited her to feed his horse before he set out to rob travellers on Salters Way." http://www.threekingham.org.uk/about_3kh.html

A small estate of very expensive houses have been built on the former farm next to Threekingham Church. each of them features one of these mock dovecotes somewhere in the brickwork.