A round church in a rectangular church
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A round church in a rectangular church
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 13 Mar 2018
Temple or Holy Cross church is an ancient place of worship that was gutted in the Blitz. However, the destruction of the flooring allowed archaeological excavations to reveal what appears to be an earlier church - a round one. It dates back to about the 1130s and was founded by the Order of the Knights Templar. The area of Temple receives its name thus. Outlining the foundations are a couple of cobbled rings set into the ground now. The round church slowly became a more traditionally shaped version by about 1450.
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Image Location
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51.452082
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-2.586821