SPITTLE-IN-THE-STREET, (Lincolnshire) bet. Gainsborough and Mt.-Raisin, and 10 m. N. of Lincoln, was part of the Roman causey leading from London by Lincoln to the Humber, which the common people call the High Street, it being cast up to a great height, and in some places 7 yards broad. Whether it be true or not, as tradition says, that here were formerly a city and a castle, there are two springs here, one called Julian's-Well, and the other Castleton-Well; and some quantities of Roman coins have been dug up in this village, from whence it is conjectured, that some Roman T. stood by the highway. 'Tis pleasant riding from hence to Lincoln, in a country wholly champaign, or heath, with miliary stones all the way, of which some are thought to be Roman, and the later ones crosses to supply their place, Here is an hos. said to be founded in 1308, and there was, no doubt, some mansion; because hard by a little beck runs thro' it. There are great foundations all around, some of which are supposed to be Roman. At present the village consists of 2 or 3 farm-houses, a chapel, an inn, and a sessions house, which has this inscription on it. Haecce domus dat, amat, punit, confervat, honorat, AEquitiam, pacem, crimina, jura, bonos, 1620. i.e. " This court does right, loves " peace, preserves the laws, " Corrects the wrong, honours the " righteous cause."