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Templecombe, Somerset

Location
(51°0′10″N, 2°24′57″W)
Templecombe
ST 709 227
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Somerset
now Somerset
medieval Wells
now Bath & Wells
medieval St Mary
now St Mary
  • Robin Downes
  • Robin Downes
12 Dec 2005

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Feature Sets
Description

Templecombe is situated on the A357 5m S of Wincanton and 12m E of Yeovil. The church, which is located in the centre of the village, has Norman origins, but was rebuilt in the 19thc. It consists of a S tower incorporating a porch, nave with N aisle and NE corner vestry and chancel. The font is Romanesque.

History

DB records two manors in Templecombe; Abbas Combe held by the church of St Edward, Shaftesbury and Templecombe held by Bishop Odo of Bayeux. Earl Leofwine held the latter manor in 1066. Bishop Odo's descendant, Serlo FitzOdo, granted this manor to the Knights Templar, from whom the village derives its name. The Templars established a preceptory in Templecombe in 1185. (VCH)

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

Historic England listing 1366329

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England; South and West Somerset Harmondsworth, 1958, p.320

'House of Knights Templar: The preceptory of Templecombe', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1911), pp. 146-147. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol2/pp146-147 [accessed 9 May 2022].

'House of Knights Templar: The preceptory of Templecombe', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1911), pp. 146-147. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol2/pp146-147 [accessed 9 May 2022].

  1. F. Arnold-Forster Studies in Church Dedications London 1899 III 27