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When the boundaries of the City of London were more defined than they are today, Temple Bar was one of the entrances or gates through which people and traffic had to pass. It originally stood where Fleet Street now meets the Strand, which was actually outside the London boundary wall. A bar is first mentioned in 1293, at which time it was probably no more than a chain (or bar) between wooden posts.
Temple Bar, Fleet Street
Its name derives from the fact that it was next to the Temple law courts. It is the only surviving gateway to the City of the original eight because, when it was removed to ease the flow of traffic, it was taken away and re-erected in Hertfordshire. The other gateways, Aldgate, Aldersgate, Bishopsgate, Cripplegate, Ludgate, Moorgate and Newgate, were all demolished before the end of the eighteenth century.
In July 2003, work began on a 72 week project in which more than 2,500 stones were carefully dismantled and reassembled at a new site opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral in the heart of London.
Harris Digital Productions filmed and photographed the return of Temple Bar to the City of London, from its dismantling in Hertfordshire, to the expert restoration work, and it’s reassembling at Paternoster Square in London.
During the period of the project, our website received over 3 Million hits.
We are currently recording the restoration of the Monument to the Great Fire of London. Please visit our website www.themonument.info
