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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Temple like this:
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.
Temple is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Temple itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Temple in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5687
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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