The Holy Lamb and Flag: the badge of Middle Temple

London's Legal Quarter: The Inns of Court

The Winged Horse, Pegasus: the badge of Inner Temple

In the 16th century, 'The Inns of Court' provided accommodation to those who worked in the law courts.

 Did you know?
In February 1602 Shakespeare's actors, The Chamberlain's Men, gave the first recorded performance of TheTwelth Night 
in Middle Temple Hall.

Two Temple Place, built 1895

In the 14th and 15th centuries, there were more than twenty Inns. They were built on property that belonged to the Knights Templar in the 14th century.

Today, the four principle Inns of Court are:

• Lincoln's Inn
• Middle Inn
• Inner Inn 
• and Gray's Inn. 
  

They provide training for barristers and legal services.

We visit one or two of the Inns.

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We meet at Temple Tube Station on the underground (District and Circle Line)

We introduce ourselves over a coffee. 








On the walk, we see:

• Middle Temple - built between 1562-73.
  

• Middle Temple Hall - one of the best examples of an Elizabethan hall in the UK

• Twinings Tea Museum, 1706
  
• Lloyd's Bank Court Branch - the most decorated and ornate bank in London
• The Royal Courts of Justice
• Lincoln's Inn
• Some of the oldest shops to the legal profession in the UK, dating back to 1689
• Lincoln's Inn Fields

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Charles Dickens used this area for inspiration in many of his stories.

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Go over the new vocabulary
at the end

We end this walk in a café where we relax over a coffee to go over new vocabulary.

Ask your teacher and guide any questions.

You can find dates for this walk here.

The end café is a short walk from Holborn Tube station (or Temple tube station where we begin).

Did you know?
Twinings Tea Museum is the oldest shop in the City of Westminster. It has traded on the same site, with the same family and the same products since it was founded in 1706.

Don't forget the VOCABULARY! (click here)

History notes will be given to you at the end.

Fountain Court. Shakespeare performed here, 1602

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After the walk, find the new vocabulary on the BLOG.

Did you know?
Lincoln's Inn is situated in 11 acres
(4.5 hectares) in central London

A wig shop!

The Great Hall and Library 1843, Lincoln's Inn

Did you know?
In the Great Hall, Middle Temple, The Bench Table, was a gift from Queen Elizabeth I in the 1560s. It is 29 ft long (9 metres) and made from a single oak tree that was floated down the Thames from Windsor forest.

The Holy Lamb and Flag of Middle Temple

Charles Dickens gained inspiration from Fountain Court

Archway into Middle and Inner Temple

Wildy & Sons, the legal bookshop, has occupied Lincoln's Inn Archway since 1830

Clock, Royal Courts of Justice

Lloyds Bank Law Court Branch

The Chapel, Lincoln's Inn

Ede & Ravenscroft, 1689. London's oldest tailor and robe maker.