Temple, London
The Temple Church in London is a church built in the 12th century by the Knights Templar.Shaped in a circular style, it came later to the Knights of St. John, and then to the lawyers of the Inner and Middle Temple.
Within it may be seen the stone effigies of several knights, including Robert de Ros and William Marshall.
The Temple gardens were the site of a most important occurrence, when two different roses, red and white, were picked by the men of Lancaster and York - this was the start of the Wars of the Roses.
Recently the two roses were planted again in the gardens, for the first time since the Wars took place. With them was planted a hybrid rose.
The Temple Church in London was consecrated in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 10 February 1185, by Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerusalem.
An earlier site was in High Holborn (Old Temple), with the move to New Temple in 1161.
