Willoughton Preceptory

Willoughton Preceptory was a holding of the Knights Templar at Willoughton, in north Lincolnshire, England. The preceptory stood at the farm, still called Temple Garth.^[1][2]

Willoughton Preceptory
Site of Willoughton Preceptory at Temple Garth.
Location	Temple Garth
Coordinates	53.4269°N 0.6053°W / 53.4269; -0.6053
OS grid reference	SK92769325
Founded	earlier than 1164 by Roger de Builli
Built	by Roger de Builli
Demolished	After 1540
Scheduled monument
Reference no.	327087
Location in Lincolnshire

Willoughton, founded during the 1135–1154 reign of Stephen, was the richest of the English houses of the Templars. After the suppression of the order in 1312, the house passed to the Hospitallers in 1338. It was dissolved in 1540, the lands passing to King's College, Cambridge.^[1][2][3][4]

Horkstow Camera was a monastic cell dependent on the Preceptory.^[4]

See also

• List of Templar sites in Lincolnshire