2-714-246 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Angel and Royal, Grantham, Lincolnshire', 1936. The Angel and Royal hotel in Grantham was built as a hostel by the Knights Templar in 1203, making it one of the oldest hotels in the world. The Royal part of the name was added in 1866 after a visit from the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII.. From "Old Inns - A Series of 40", 1936. [W. D. & H. O. Wills, 1936]