by the Knights Templar and consecrated in 1185. It is jointly owned by the Middle Temple and Inner Temple inns. Temple tube station and pier Temple gives its name to Temple tube station, served by the District (green) and Circle (yellow) lines, which is immediately southwest, between Temple Place and the Victoria Embankment. There is also a Temple Pier on the Victoria Embankment, near the Tube station immediately west of the Westminster-City of London boundary; HQS Wellington is permanently moored there. See also Temple Bar, London Inner Temple Library Gray's Inn Lincoln's Inn English law General: History of London Further reading References External links Law of the United Kingdom Districts of the City of London Districts of the City of Westminster Districts of London on the River Thames Areas of London