Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TEMPLE

TEMPLE, a parish in Bodmin district, Cornwall; 7 miles NNE of Bodmin-Road r. station. Post town, Bodmin. Acres, 843. Real property, £197. Pop., 12. Houses, 3. The manor belonged to the Knights Templars. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £21. Patron, Sir B. Wrey, Bart. There is no church.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Temple AP/CP       Bodmin RegD/PLU       Cornwall AncC
Place: Temple

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