Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname TEMPLE.

TEMPLE. From the manor of Temple, in Wellesborough, Leicestershire, which name was given by the old Earl of Leicester, one of the Knights Templars, who usually gave the name of Temple to their lands.

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