Old Temple Bar
A bar is first mentioned here in 1293, at which time it was probably no more than a chain (or bar) between wooden posts.
The return of Temple Bar to the City of London
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A bar is first mentioned here in 1293, at which time it was probably no more than a chain (or bar) between wooden posts.
During the eighteenth century Temple Bar was used to display the heads of traitors on iron spikes which protruded from the top of the main arch.
Wren’s Temple Bar stood in Fleet Street for just over 200 years
Ten years later it caught the eye of Lady Meux, a banjo playing barmaid who had married into a very wealthy family of London brewers.
In 1976 the Temple Bar Trust was established with the intention of returning the Bar to the Capital.
The Theobalds estate was purchased by George Prescott in 1763, and built the house which is known today as Theobalds Park.
The rest of the fence and its posts are taken down and replaced with a new security fence which surrounds the Bar. Another portable cabin
Twelve days into the project and portable cabins for workers are delivered on site. The fencing surrounding the rear of the bar is removed and
Tree surgeon Carl Springett, from Waterers carefully takes down a badly damaged Oak tree near to the Bar. The tree was struck by lightning early
We take a trip to Paternoster Square, the spiritual home of Temple Bar. The impressive column you see standing in the background is over 23