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Looking back to the former Empire Hotel, opened in 1901 and a poor counterweight to the Abbey, we see the houses of Terrace Walk on the left, now with ground-floor shops, which faced the Greek temple-style

The last survivors of the colony were burnt or massacred in the Temple of Claudius.

Temple Sowerby commemorates the Knights Templar who afforded protection to pilgrims journeying to Jerusalem and held the manor here for over a century and a half.

The last survivors of the colony were burnt or massacred in the Temple of Claudius.

It is one of the oldest religious sites in the country, and was once the centre of pagan worship in the north of England, with a temple dedicated to the god Woden.

Its 18th-century picturesque naturalistic park, designed by Bridgeman, Kent and Capability Brown, is dotted with Georgian temples, columns and garden buildings.

Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, to replace the earlier City of London gate destroyed by the Great Fire, and was the last of the old gates to survive.

The Strand stretches from Temple Bar in the east to Trafalgar Square in the west. The beautiful church of St Clement Danes bestrides its centre, and was erected in 1688 from a design by Wren.

This concealed the first Roman Catholic church to be erected in England since the Reformation - it was disguised as a temple on instructions from George III.

Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-52), the historian and essayist, was born at the Temple on St Crispin's Day 1800, and it was his masterpiece 'The History of England', published between 1848 and 1862

Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.

Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.The first house known to have been built here belonged to Thomas, Lord Darcy, who was executed for

Outside the Forrest Stores (right), a placard advertises the latest film by child-star Shirley Temple, then aged eleven and starring in one of her most successful movies The Little Princess, although residents

This ten-acre park was purchased by the council with the help of donations in 1904 from the landowner, Mrs Maynell Ingram of Temple Newsam House, Leeds.

The resultant temple was therefore dedicated to the goddess Sul Minerva.

Although the pews of 1876 (which replaced much earlier box pews) still survive, the majority of the interior was remodelled in a major restoration under the hand of the architect Temple Moore

A small preceptory was established at Bristol during the late 12th century, and when the Order was suppressed in the 14th century the Temple Church, seen here in 1887, became the Holy Cross parish

Evidence of this was provided in the 1980s when the High Nash industrial estate was being built and a large Roman temple was discovered.

Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, to replace the earlier City of London gate destroyed by the Great Fire, and was the last of the old city gates to survive.

The grounds around it were transformed into fantastic gardens with temples, pleasure walks, lakes with islands and fountains, a maze, a grotto, groves and lawns.

In 1770 the owner, Sir William Strickland, built the Carnaby Temple, an octagonal tower two storeys high, possibly for use as a lookout.

The grounds around it were transformed into fantastic gardens with temples, pleasure walks, lakes with islands and fountains, a maze, a grotto, groves and lawns.

This photograph of the west front was taken shortly after completion of the Temple Moore restoration, as we can see from the light-coloured stonework around the window, buttresses and parapets

Twenty-four years earlier, in 1908, the Monks' Pond was the scene of an elaborate water tableau held to raise money for the Temple Moore restoration of the parish church.