_Salt._--Dugdale, in his _Antiquities of Warwickshire_, p. 294., speaking
of the town of Leamington, says:
"All that is further observable touching this place is, that nigh to
the east end of the church there is a spring of salt water (not above a
stone's throw from the river Leame), _whereof the inhabitants make much
use for seasoning of meat_."
Was salt a scarce article in the midland counties in those days?
When and where was the first salt-mine established in England?