Temple Balsall

Temple Balsall () is a hamlet athin the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the Inglis West Midlands, situatit atween the lairge veelages o Knowle an Balsall Common. It wis umwhile in Warwickshire.

It is ane o the auldest an maist interestin steids in the borough. It is named efter, an dates frae the time o the Knights Templar. They fermed aboot 650 acres (2.6 km2) o the estate in the 12t century, an established a preceptory whaur a number o brithers lived an ran the estate.  efter the Order wis suppressed, the estate wis gien tae the Knights Hospitaller o St John. They lost it when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries an Queen Elizabeth I gave the estate tae Robert Dudley.

The 13t century kirk an Old Hall, an 17t century almshooses survive.

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Wabsteid o Temple Balsall 

Category:Solihull
Category:Veelages in the Wast Midlands (coonty)
Category:Preceptories o Knights Hospitaller in Ingland
Category:Knichts Templar