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Crusaders and their little horses

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Tony McMahon

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Crusaders rode horses that resemble today’s ponies in size and were not mighty steeds as Tony McMahon discovers

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Category: Templar History Tags: crusaders, destrier, equine, farm, history, horses, jerusalem, knacker's yard, knights, Medieval, middle ages, remains, rouncies, stable, steed, stud, tannery, Templar

The Knights Hospitaller in north London

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Tony McMahon

The Knights Hospitaller were once based near Alexandra Palace in north London according to a Victorian source

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Category: Templar History Tags: Alexandra, Alexandra Palace, Ally Pally, christian, cure, dairy, farm, Haringey, hospitaller, knight, knights, London, miracle, miraculous, Mossy, Muswell Hill, north London, nuns, pagan, sacred, Saint John, St John, Templar, well, Wood Green

Knights Templar farm opens in England

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Tony McMahon

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Saddlescombe is a Templar farm that shows us how the knights made money from farming to finance the crusades

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Category: Templar History Tags: armour, banking, commandery, cow, devil's dyke, estate, farm, farming, history, Knights Templar, Medieval, milk, preceptory, saddlescombe, sheep, wealth