Temple, Midlothian
Temple
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 Looking northwards down the village street |
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| Temple shown within Midlothian | |
| OS grid reference | NT315587 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GOREBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | EH23 |
| Dialling code | 01875 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Temple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Trodach) is a village and parish in Midlothian, Scotland. Situated to the south of Edinburgh, the village lies on the east bank of the River South-Esk.
The civil parish has a population of 225 (in 2011).
Historically the Parish of Temple was divided into three portions, the ancient parish of Clerkington, and the Chapelries of Moorfoot and Balantrodach. Clerkington was a parsonage held by the Monks of Newbattle Abbey, Moorfoot was a chapelry founded by Monks from the same institution. Balantrodach on the other hand, was a Chapelry of the Knights Templar.
In 1128, Hugues de Payens, the first Grand Master, met with David I in Scotland and was granted the lands of Balantrodach. In 1128, the Council of Troyes formally recognized the Order. Balantrodach became their principal Templar seat and preceptory in Scotland until the suppression of the order between 1307 and 1312.
As Temple, being just to the south of the Firth of Forth, was an area of the country occupied by England at this time, knights were prosecuted, but not all were found guilty. Nearby to the North, politics was even more on their side -- Robert the Bruce had been excommunicated, and so was not required to follow papal commands [1], and at war with England, it has been suggested he may have been welcoming to powerful and desperate allies.
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