George Hotel, Stamford

[3] A hospital of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem was on the site and was partly destroyed during the Wars of the Roses.

[3] The main block of the hotel was rebuilt, by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley in 1597, but may have incorporated fragments of the earlier building.

[3] Daniel Defoe, in A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain (1724), wrote; "From hence we came to St. Martins, and stopp'd at the George, out of Curiosity, because it is reckoned one of the greatest Inns in England, and thence proceeded to Stamford.

"[4] Among the customers was Daniel Lambert, one of the heaviest people in history at the time, who died in Stamford and is buried at St Martin's Church.

[3] In August 2018 a gas explosion in the kitchen required attendance by Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service.