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Founded in c. 1095 by the Earl of Fife, St Cuthbert's Church in the parish then called Hailes belonged pre-Reformation to the Preceptory of St Anthony's of Leith. It is likely that the church was destroyed during Hertford's invasion of 1544-1545 and rebuilt on the old site (near the water of Leith). This building was used until 1636 when the first church at Colinton was erected. The parish of Colinton extended from Fairmilehead to Juniper Green and from Slateford to the Pentlands. It was called Hailes until 1697, and from then until 1747 'Hailes alias Collingtoune'. The congregation lost many of its members in 1783 over a patronage dispute and sustained further losses in 1843 at the Disruption. The present church was built in 1907-1908. The kirk is in the Presbytery of Edinburgh. |