Spital on the Street

Lovely pretty building, nice to go and see

I guess this is off the beaten track and maybe only interesting to historians but it is very attractive and the whole tiny hamlet is interesting.
THE HOSPITAL CALLED ‘SPITTAL ON THE STREET’
The ancient Roman Road from Lincoln City to the Humber, Ermine Street, forms the eastern boundary of the parish and runs through the hamlet of Spital.(A15) north of Caenby Corner.
Still standing is the Chapel of St Edmund. a medieval chapel with painted glass and is now re-​aquiring some of the objects taken from it. The area has almshouses (dating from 1390) in Spital Green, the Quarter Sessions houses (built in 1592), the old coaching inn (now derelict) from 1680, and the chapel itself. The area outside the chapel boasts a physic garden designed by Joe Nicholson, and adjacent is an orchard being re-​planted with old varieties of apple and pear trees.
The hospital called ‘Spittal on the Street’ was built in 1396 by Thomas Aston, a canon of Lincoln, and connected with the chapel of St. Edmund, where a chantry had been founded in 1343 by John Vendour, vicar of Thimbleby. Thomas Aston also obtained permission from the pope to appropriate to the new hospital the churches of Little Carlton and Skellingthorpe, of which he was patron. A warden and a certain number of poor persons were to be maintained in the hospital, which was to remain under the patronage of the dean and chapter of Lincoln. This house was not suppressed among the hospitals generally.
The chapel of St Edmund stands at the northern edge of the site formerly occupied by the hospital. It has been bought by Dr David Markham of Nottingham University and he is restoring it. He travels around giving lectures on The Knights Templar and others to draw attention to it and raise funds. He does have open days or will open up and give a talk to parties.