Temple Guiting & The Knights Templar | Hidden Gems in the Cotswolds 

Will you be visiting Temple Guiting if you ever travel the Cotswolds? Where are your favourite hidden gems? Let us know!

Precious information for someone like me who never visited this place steeped in history ! Unique places, thank God they survived ! And thank you, Robin, for sharing this with us !

Thanks for sharing on this Sunday morning, especially the little poem at the end - I love how you tie in so many layers of history: these videos should be part of a school curriculum.

This is the second time I've viewed the Guiting videos. Having just read Evans' description of the places in my own recently purchased 1905 copy of Highways and Byways, it's so illuminating to see them. And even better when Robin quotes both Evans' evocative description of his approach to Temple Guiting, as well as the very inviting inscription on the wall of The Plough 🍺

I lived in the old rectory as a very young boy in the early 90s. I experienced my earliest memories there. Its an extremely haunted house! I remember my parents wanted to leave ASAP! It was cold. We had a great time playing with our bikes and all the good thing's. The paranormal is real.

I really love and enjoy these vídeos and what you do for us.

Thank you for an informative and quite lovely video. I have just recently discovered your channel and I'm so very glad I did.

The Cotswolds have to be one of the most beautiful places on earth.Steeped in hustory and mystery.Loved the video and information yet again.You do a marvelous job on your tours.Thanks again.👍👍👍🐕🐕

As always, utterly charming. Thanks Robin.

"[T]he order in 1150 began generating letters of credit for pilgrims journeying to the Holy Land: pilgrims deposited their valuables with a local Templar preceptory before embarking, received a document indicating the value of their deposit, then used that document upon arrival in the Holy Land to retrieve their funds in an amount of treasure of equal value. This innovative arrangement was an early form of banking and may have been the first formal system to support the use of cheques; it improved the safety of pilgrims by making them less attractive targets for thieves, and also contributed to the Templar coffers." -- Wiki on the Templars The round church, or the Temple Church in the City of London, supposedly became the "King's Treasury." That would have held the pilgrim's deposits for the trip. It was the murder of, and the thievery from the pilgrims, that caused this to be formed.

Really beautiful and impressing village with a special church. It is really interesting to know about Knights of Templar and their families..esp in England, their story were heart touching esp at the beginning and the end. Must be hard for Pope Clement to help them. Thank you Sir Robin for the travel vlog this time..

Love “The Cotswold Explorer”. Much enjoyment of all the little hidden gems that you so wonderfully bring to life. Many thanks from across the pond. ~Renee~

Robin, that was a very interesting bit of history about the Templars. For some reason, I got this vision in my mind of you and Ross going through the doors to that pub you discussed just as Widget lifted his leg outside those doors. I think that is because my old dog would do something just like that, I am sure. 😉

You do a wonderful job, thank you.

Places to visit, indeed.

Great video, as always. Thank you!

Thank you once again for an informative and good feel video.

Why is the stain glass in New York?

I really love and enjoy these videos

BEAUTIFUL AREA AND TEMPLAR HISTORY ROBIN 👌👌

Robbin Thank You again For another Sunday Fixxxx&Chill tc liverpool

'Twill make your lagging trotters dance ... ! Lovely!

Thank you so much.

Lovely!

How dashing is that host :-)

I love this stuff lol

You didn't show the templar cross in the brickwork or the templar style grave stone.

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Its a shame what they ha ve done to the old churches - ah to see them in their original glory.

What music do you use on your videos?

Content fatigue here. TCE should be known as The Cotswolds Church Explorer. If churches are not your be-all-and-end-all, steer clear