This week, in the English wintry sun, I visited a church packed with history – Waltham Abbey. It’s located in the county of Essex, just 15 minutes by train out of London. The church is famous for including the grave…
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Category: Templar History
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Five key places mentioned in the Templar novel Quest for the True Cross by Tony McMahon
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Category: Templar News
Tags: Abelard, barn, bernard, Clairvaux, Cressing Temple, cross, Dome, Edessa, essex, history, hotspot, jerusalem, knight, knights, lignum crucis, London, medieval, quest, Quest for the True Cross, Rock, saint, Templar, templars, Temple, today, tony mcmahon, True Cross, Witham
Meet Sir William de Mandeville – a Templar hero
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: adventure, book, Cressing, cross, england, essex, Lisbon, Mandeville, murder, novel, Outremer, portugal, quest, siege, Templar, Temple, thriller, true, william de mandeville
I’ve been visiting Greenstead church in Essex since I was….gosh, ten years old back in the 1970s. So – what draws me back? It’s a unique building. Possibly the oldest wooden church in Europe still in its original condition. The…
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