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Castle of Soure - received and reconstructed in March 1128, was the first castle of the Knights Templar. [ 16 ] Old town of Tomar , including the Castle, the Convent of the Order of Christ and the Church of Santa Maria do Olival [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
In Search of the Knights Templar: A Guide to the Sites in Britain. London, England: Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 0-297-84433-4. Archived from the original (Hardback) on 2010-03-08; The Closed Rolls of Henry II; George Smart, The Knights Templar: Chronology, Authorhouse, 2005. ISBN 1-4184-9889-0
It is one of the few Knights Templar sites left in England where any ruins remain standing. Its name comes from its Templar ownership and its position in the middle of the Lincoln Heath, bruyère (heather) from the French language current at the time. It was founded in the period 1150 to 1160 and the order was dissolved in 1312.
The wheat barn at Cressing Temple. Cressing Temple is a medieval site situated between Witham and Braintree in Essex, [1] close to the villages of Cressing and White Notley.It was amongst the very earliest and largest of the possessions of the Knights Templar in England, [2] [3] and is currently open to the public as a visitor attraction.
Rothley Preceptory was established around the year 1231; however, records show "The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon" (more commonly known as the Knights Templar) owned land at Rothley as early as the reign of King John (1199–1216). [2]
It is one of the oldest and most interesting sites in the borough. It is named after, and dates from the time of, the Knights Templar . They farmed about 650 acres (2.6 km 2 ) of the estate in the 12th century, and established Balsall Preceptory where a number of brothers lived and ran the estate.
The following is a list of the monastic houses in the West Midlands, England.. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller).
Knights Templar built 12th century on site of Saxon church; church owned by Templars, possible preceptory — lacking positive identification; transferred to Knights Hospitallers 1308–12; intact non-parochial chapel incorporated into present parochial church [21