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Templars Properties in
Scotland
Balantradoch now
known as Temple
Temple Church
New Photographs of Temple Church by Chev Archie Young
In 1128 the cousin of St
Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugh
of Payns, met David I in Scotland.
Thereafter David I granted the Templars land at Balantradoch,
also spelt Balantrodoch and Balantrodach, on the South Esk, now
Temple, Midlothian, and this became their primary seat in
Scotland. After the supression of the Order in 1312, the new
Order of St John
and the Temple had its principal seat at Torpichen.
Torpichen Church
Maryculter
Lying along the north
and south banks of the River Dee, the lands of Culter originally
included the Parishes of both Peterculter and Maryculter. In
about the year 1187, William the Lion granted part of the Culter
lands, on the south bank of the river, to the Knights
Templar.
Between 1221 and 1236 Walter Bisset of Aboyne founded a
Preceptory for the Knights Templar and in 1287-88 the Templars built a Chapel dedicated to Mary
the Mother of Christ. In
November 1309, the names of William Middleton of the “Tempill
House of Culter” is recorded.
The ruins of St Mary's Chapel and what is believed to be the
vaulted basement of the Preceptor's Lodge stand in the grounds
of Maryculter house.
Templars is situated on the south bank of the River Dee
about 8 miles west of the City of Aberdeen to the north of the
A93, and is now a Scout Camp.
Templars, Maryculter
Maryculter Kirk is south
of the A93.
Maryculter Kirk
August 2007:Photos of St Mary's
Chapel, the Templar Church in the grounds of the
Maryculter House Hotel
Also subordinate to
Balantradoch were St Germains, East Lothian, Inchinnan,
Renfrewshire, Aboyne and Tulloch, Aberdeenshire and a number of
houses in Edinburgh and Leith, on which was displayed the
cross of their order.
Links:
www.electricscotland.com Knights Templar Possesions in Scotland
Maryculter House Hotel - History
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