TEMPLE-BREWER, an extra-parochial liberty, in the union of Sleaford, wapentake of Flaxwell, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 6 ¾ miles (N. W. by N.) from Sleaford ; containing 94 inhabitants. A pre-ceptory of the Knights Templars was founded here before 1185, and afterwards belonged to the Hospitallers, and had possessions, at the Dissolution, valued at £184. 6. 8. per annum.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

