The Knights Templar in Bedfordshire

JANUARY 2026

The Knights Templar in Bedfordshire: Guardians of Faith and Land

During the Middle Ages, the village of Sharnbrook formed part of the English landholdings of the great Crusading orders: first the Knights Templar, and later the Knights Hospitaller (Order of St John of Jerusalem).

Templar Origins

By the 12th and 13th centuries, the Knights Templar held land at Sharnbrook, including a manor known as “Temple”, a name that survives in later records and reflects their ownership. Like elsewhere in England, this land was not used as a military base but as an income-producing estate, supporting the Templars’ activities in the Holy Land.

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SOULDROP CHURCH & THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER: FAITH, POWER, AND A MEDIEVAL STAND-OFF

JANUARY 2026

The Hospitallers & The Attack on Souldrop

Tucked away in rural Bedfordshire, the church of St Mary the Virgin, Souldrop holds a remarkable connection to the medieval Knights Hospitaller — and a story that reads more like a thriller than parish history.

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