Just as the City of London is a weird little legal fossil within London, the Inns are even weirder legal fossils within the City: https://www.middletemple.org.

Just as the City of London is a weird little legal fossil within London, the Inns are even weirder legal fossils within the City: https://www.middletemple.org.uk/about-us/freedom-information/inn-local-authority https://www.middletemple.org.uk/about-us/freedom-information... The practical consequences are extremely minor - but the Inner and Middle temples can give themselves planning permission, and issue themselves alcohol licenses!