Temple Church, Bristol
We drove all the way to Bristol from Goodrich Castle which turns out is actually quite far and the transition from country roads and small villages to the brash urbaneness of Bristol was a bit of a culture shock. Especially when you go to look up this historical site and find there's a danger to your lives in broad daylight due to what is taking place with a handful of people lurking in the little graveyard out of site. We'll talk more on our experience later. But this site which survives within the loud and brash surroundings within Bristol is brimming with history. Temple Church, sometimes known as Holy Cross Church is a 12th century church which is built on land granted to the Knights Templar by Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester. It is safe to say that during this time the locals weren't too keen as the Templars in this area were beyond jurisdiction of the law and answered only to the Pope. As such they made their own laws, took a third of any estate upon a de...
