Notes on the Early History of the Parish of Colinton

In or about the year 1095 (perhaps a few years earlier, certainly not more than one or two later), when the kingdom of Scotland had been extended to both sides of the River and Firth of Forth, and when the old Celtic Church was giving place to a new state of things under Malcolm III. and his successors, what appears to be now the parish of Colinton received its foundation. This was done by Ethelred,-second son of Malcolm III. (Canmore) and his Saxon Queen Margaret,-presenting to the Church of the Holy Trinity at Dunfermline, which had shortly before this been founded by his pious mother, certain gifts that were then denominated by the name of "Hale." 1 The object which this Scottish Prince had in view in doing this was obviously twofold, viz.-first, to enrich the royal church at Dunfermline; and secondly, to secure for the people living in the district of Hale the regular administration of religious ordinances by clergy belonging to and resident at the parent church. The 1 The other forms of the word in the Rcgist. de

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