The Domesday Book records the population of Cowley in 1086 as only 47. This surprisingly low figure may simply have been a careless monk's mis-scribe. Alternatively, it has been pointed out that the Domesday survey was carried out in July, when many Cowley inhabitants would have been away on holiday or possibly attending the Trucke Festyval in nearby Steventon.
Next up were the Knights Templar, who gave their name to Temple Cowley and Templar's Square shopping centre. The Knights Templar, you'll recall, were a twelfth century travel-courier-and-private-security outfit. Think Group Four meets Thomas Cook, or Securicor meets Saga. The First Crusade in 1096 had opened up the Holy Land to tourism, but many of the early sightseers failed to read the small print: "Pilgryms maye in facte be massacred by heathen before they reach their holidaye destination." The Knights Templar quickly spotted a market opportunity, and set up shop in Jerusalem in 1129, offering "Bespoke Pilgramage Solutions for the Discerning Penitent." By the end of the twelfth century, they had grown the Templar © brand to an impressive degree and had branches all over Europe, including at Temple Cowley.
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