Claim: Walford Davies, with his appointment as organist and director of the choir at the Temple Church, a Royal peculiar church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, in the City of London in May 1898, began to be seen as a prominent figure in British musical life.
Evidence: In May 1898 Davies was appointed organist and director of the choir at the Temple Church in the City of London, a post he retained until 1923. The Temple Church is a Royal peculiar church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. With this appointment, in the view of his biographer, Jeremy Dibble, Davies began to be seen as a prominent figure in British musical life.