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Faxfleet Preceptory
53.7509° N, -0.6856° E
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The Faxfleet Preceptory is a former community of the Knights Templar located in what is now the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stood on lands which are now part of Thorpe Grange Farm and are largely buried under a field to the west of the farm known today as Temple Garth. The location is west of Kingston upon Hull, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Youlthorpe and 25 miles (40 km) south-west of Beswick.
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Grant of land by Roger de Mowbray
1185
Tenants recorded under strip farming
1185
Geoffrey Jolif as preceptor
1290
Preceptory arrests and closure
1308
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