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- 1482
- Building constructed on the site of Sally Lunn's as part of the Duke of Kingston's House; the current building incorporates some of its foundations
- 1540
- A medieval bath on this site, which took its name from the cross that stood in the center, is recorded for the first time by Leland
- 15 Jun 1622
- Site of Sally Lunn's is leased as plots of land from John Hall to George Parker, a carpenter of Bathford, with a covenant to build within five years
- 1680
- Sally Lunn, a pastry cook and baker (according to legend a French Huguenot named Solange Luyon), is tenant of the house and makes the now-famous "Bath bun"
- 1729-36
- Construction of Nos. 5-11 Queen Square, later the Francis Hotel, designed by John Wood the Elder; it is the first large-scale instance of town planning in Bath
- 1738
- Erection of the Prince of Wales Obelisk in Queen Square by John Wood the Elder for Beau Nash, with inscription by Alexander Pope
- 1743
- The Duke of Kingston, who had acquired all the land of John Hall, sells Sally Lunn’s House to William Robinson (the legal documents of this transaction are displayed in the restaurant)
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