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Temple Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Roydon

Historical Forms

  • manerium de Royndon q' fuit milit' Templ' 1313 Orig
  • Temple Roydon Hall 1777 C

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is manerium de Royndon q ' fuit milit ' Templ '1313 Orig, Temple Roydon Hall 1777 C . It preserves the memory of the Knights Templars who held a carucate here in 1205 (FF) . Cf. Temple Ash (TA) .