Hi there,

I am cross posting this from the History subreddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/3mlpji/why_did_some_areas_of_england_have_a_templar/

I'm interesting in understanding why the Templars setup in some areas of England and not others. For example looking at Wikipedia we see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Knights_Templar_sites#England

That there are no Templar sites in say Norwich, which was England's second city at the time. Yet in Cumbria we have a site, which must have been very remote during that period.

What was the strategy for the setting up of commanderies in that country?

I'd appreciate hearing any of your expert thoughts on this.

Thanks