THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS
IN HEREFORDSHIRE
GARWAY
UPLEADON
Bosbury was once home to a Templar Preceptory known as Upleadon or Temple Court, founded around 1217 by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. After the Templars were dissolved in 1312, the site passed to the Knights Hospitaller, and by 1410 it was merged with the larger preceptories at Dinmore and Garway.
The nearby Church of the Holy Trinity may reflect this history. Its separate square tower hints at defensive or storage use, much like the Hospitaller church at Garway. A nearby barn also resembles the known Knight Hospitaller site at Quenington, with its large main doorway and side entrance, resembling Queningtons Knight Entrance.
Inside the church, tomb slabs bearing the foliated cross may mark the graves of Templar or Hospitaller knights, offering a lasting link to Bosbury’s medieval past.
Check out our blog on the Knights at Quenington and Gloucester here -
DINMORE
Aconbury
Boulstone
Callow
Hereford
In 1190, under a royal charter from King Richard I, the Knights Hospitaller were granted land just outside Hereford’s city walls. It was here that they established the Hospital of Coningsby — a complex that included a hall and a chapel, parts of which date back to the 13th century. This was the time when the building was formally occupied and operated by the Knights themselves. Now an Musuem, highlighting the times of the Knights Hospitallers and their time at Coningsby Hereford
Sutton St Michael
Welsh Newton
Wormbridge
the Templars owned a house with outbuildings, 100 acres of land and a pasture. The late 13th century church at Welsh Newton was appropriated to the Templars, And Also bears a number of Potential Knights Templar Graves, Upon their surpression this was passed to the Hospitallers
Rowlestone was a small estate with a manor house and 200 acres, which was rented out. This was probably the present Court Farm, which dates back to the 14th century.
