Temple Church

The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, is a church in the Inner and located between Fleet Street and the in , England.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: 12th-century church in London built for and by the Knights Templar
  • Also known as: Temple Church, London” and “The Temple Church
  • Address: Temple, London, EC4Y 7BB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Prince Henry’s Room.

The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Museum
Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
Prince Henry's Room is situated on the first floor at the front of No. 17 Fleet Street, . The house is one of the few surviving buildings in the dating from before the Great Fire of London in 1666. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, is an Anglican cathedral in , the seat of the Bishop of London. is situated 2,700 feet east of Temple Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Temple and Blackfriars.

Quarter
The is an area or precinct of the surrounding Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is in , specifically the south-west corner of the .

Neighborhood
was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of , England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Temple Church

Latitude
51.51326° or 51° 30′ 48″ north
Longitude
-0.11026° or 0° 6′ 37″ west
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Inception
1185
Open location code
9C3XGV7Q+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 128454313
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Geo­Names ID
6618530
Wiki­data ID
Q1429312
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Temple Church” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Temple Church
  • Belarusian: Храмавая царква
  • Bengali: টেম্পল গির্জা
  • Catalan: Església del Temple
  • Chinese: 圣殿教堂
  • Chinese: 聖殿教堂
  • Czech: Templářský kostel
  • Danish: Tempelkirken
  • Danish: Temple Church
  • Dutch: Temple Church
  • Egyptian Arabic: كنيسه المعبد
  • Esperanto: Templana Preĝejo
  • Finnish: Temple Church
  • French: Eglise du Temple
  • French: église du Temple
  • French: Église du Temple
  • German: Temple Church
  • Hebrew: כנסיית ההיכל
  • Hebrew: כנסיית טמפל
  • Hungarian: Temple Church
  • Indonesian: Temple Church
  • Italian: chiesa del Tempio
  • Italian: Chiesa del Tempio
  • Italian: Temple Church
  • Japanese: テンプル教会
  • Korean: 템플 교회
  • Macedonian: Храмова црква
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Temple Church
  • Norwegian: Temple Church
  • Persian: کلیسای تمپل
  • Polish: Temple Church
  • Portuguese: Igreja do Templo
  • Portuguese: Igreja Templária
  • Russian: Темпл-чёрч
  • Russian: Храм Темпл
  • Russian: Церковь Тамплиеров
  • Russian: Церковь Темпл
  • Russian: Церковь Темпла
  • Spanish: iglesia del Temple
  • Spanish: Iglesia del Temple
  • Spanish: Temple Church
  • Swedish: Temple Church
  • Turkish: Temple Kilisesi
  • Ukrainian: Темпл
  • Wu Chinese: 圣殿教堂
  • Yue Chinese: 聖殿教堂

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