London continues....

Day 5--Saturday Sept. 13th

Today was a great day. We were at the London Temple! We wouldn't have been able to go if the Strike had continued because first we rode the tube to the train station, then rode the train for about 45 minutes to Lingfield Station. It was a beautiful ride through the country side of England. The temple is way out of London.

The temple is located in Newchapel, County of Surrey.

Church President David O. McKay announced the London temple to be built in 1952. It was dedicated 3 years later. 

The old Manor House that was on the property when the church bought it was rebuilt. The England government wouldn't sell the church any land back in the 1950's. They thought we were a cult, but Winston Churchill had a different opinion and sold the church some of his property to build the temple on. It was originally a swamp according to the security guard and still is, but inside the information calls it, "the most famous landscape gardens of England".

The gate house is a lot older than the Manor House.

We started talking to the security guy who has worked there for 35 years and he took us into the Manor House which still has some of the original furniture.

After the temple, we walked about a mile to a nice Pub called the Peacock and had a wonderful lunch! Then called a taxi to go to the train station, rode the train 45 min back to London and that was the end of a wonderful day.