The Salt Tower was initially called the Julius Caesar’s Tower and then Baliol’s Tower. It is possible that the building was given the lasting nickname of the ‘Salt Tower’ as in medieval England salt was extremely expensive and only afforded by the higher Nobility. These Lords sat on the dais at the ‘high table’ and their commoner servants at lower trestle tables. The salt was placed in the centre of the high table and only those of the appropriate rank had access to it. Those less favoured on the lower tables were “beneath the salt”. It is possible that this expensive commodity was traditionally stored in this building.
The Salt Tower
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