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The village grew up around the Templar holdings at Temple Dinsley , and Princess Helena College is now on the site. The first church was mentioned in 1252 , when six acres (24,000 m²) of land was given to nuns from Elstow , Bedfordshire . Temple Dinsley passed on to the Knights Hospitaller after the dissolution of the Templars. When the Hospitallers were in turn dissolved in 1542 , the manor went to Sir Ralph Sadlier . In the 17th Century the village became linked with John Bunyan , who used to hold services in a natural Amphitheatre now called Bunyan's Dell. St Martin's, the local Anglican Church , opened in 1900 . The ruined Minsden Chapel , reputed to be haunted, is located near the village. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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