SHATTERED BY BOMBS
INNER & MIDDLE TEMPLES
LONDON, May 29
The Inner and Middle Temples, historic home of barristers and lawyers, are among the latest, of London's treasures to be shattered and set on fire in a recent raid. Half of the Temple buildings have been destroyed, the greatest loss being the Temple Church, built in 1185, which is now a charred shell. It. has been described as the finest Norman church in Europe.
The registers and valuable: records were removed, including a gold cup, which (he lawyers presented to King James I, whose charter gave them the freehold of the Temple. The tomb of Oliver Goldsmith was half-buried and ■the inscription written by Dr. Johnson destroyed.—U.P.A.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410530.2.60
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1941, Page 7
Word Count
116SHATTERED BY BOMBS Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1941, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in