Temple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Trodach)[1] is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland.

In 1128, Hugues de Payens, the first Grand Master, met with David I in Scotland and was granted the lands of Balantrodach.

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.

[6] 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 that he may have been welcoming to powerful and desperate allies.

Geographically, this would take them to the mouth of the river Esk, which could take them on to Rosslyn..."[6] Following the Reformation, the present parish was formed from the three older divisions.