Temple Cloisters, Cowley
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Temple Cloisters, Cowley
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 30 Nov 2011
This unusual street name can just be made out on the sign by the gate post. This area of Cowley is known as Temple Cowley after a foundation made by Margaret of Boulogne in 1139 for the Knights Templar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar Shown here is the chapel of the Salesian school http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/18th-june-1948/7/cowley-salesian-school-started-by-an-accident The Salesians are a Catholic organisation focusing on education. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesians_of_Don_Bosco
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Image Location
Latitude
51.737903
Longitude
-1.210261