Sally Lunn's House Bath, England
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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
- 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"
- 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)
- c. 1750
- Ground level of North Parade Passage is raised to meet the new Galloway's Buildings; the old ground floor of Sally Lunn's becomes the basement; a gabled front facing the passage is built
- Aug 1798
- Exclusive rights to Sally Lunn's recipe are bought by baker William Dalmer, who begins advertising "Sally-Luns breakfast cakes," which he bakes in a portable oven, the following year
- 1903-19
- Edward Culverhouse, a baker, is the owner of the house until he emigrates with his family to Australia
- 1919
- The Griffith family owns Sally Lunn's House, using the ground floor as a general store and renting out the rooms above; the building falls into disrepair
