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Temple Church, also known as Holy Cross Church, (grid reference ST5972) is a ruined church in Redcliffe, Bristol, England. It is on the site of a previous, round church of the Knights Templar, which they built on land granted to them in the second quarter of the 12th century by Robert of Gloucester. In 1313 the Knights Hospitaller acquired the ...
J Taylor, ‘Church of Temple or the Holy Cross, Bristol’, Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society 33 (1887), 51–9 TP Wadley (ed), Notes or Abstracts of the Wills contained in the volume entitled the Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills, in the Council House at Bristol , 1886 [includes 19 wills recording bequests to Temple Church]
Address: Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6HS. Before You Go. The leaning tower and walls of this large late medieval church in Bristol survived bombing during the Second World War. Temple Church is so called because the original church here was built by the Knights Templar, the medieval military order founded to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land.
https://bristolbells.weebly.com/temple-church.htmlFilmed 30 Mar 1997. The eight ringing bells that hung here until 1939/40 are now in the NW tower at Bristol...
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The former churchyard of Temple Church continues to be a public open space under the care of Bristol City Council. Within the churchyard there are remnants of an avenue of lime trees. Donne's map of 1773 (See Fig.6) shows two avenues of trees within the churchyard which were probably planted following the refurbishment of the church earlier in the century.
The Templars' church was built on land outside the city of Bristol, granted to. the order by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, between 1120 and 1147. It appears. that the Bristol Temple became the administrative centre for the order in. south west England. Archaeological evidence suggests that the church was.
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Jan 3, 2021 · A church that has stood empty since being bombed in World War Two is set to be revived. Temple Church in Bristol city centre is in the top 20 worst condition buildings belonging to English ...
