the parish of Pentland [Barony of Fulford] and the southern part from Penicuik) . In March 1647 Glencorse was re-created by act of Parliament as a separate Parish with its own church building near the centre of the parish. The Battle of Rullion Green between Covenanters and Scottish Government troops took place in 1666 in Glencorse Parish. The Covenanters were defeated. The 1647 parish church was rebuilt. It was repaired and rebuilt several times from 1661 to 1691 and then mostly destroyed in a fire in 1697. The church (now known as the Glencorse Old Kirk) was rebuilt in 1699 with the north and south aisles being added and accommodation for 180 people. A tower and belfry were added to the church during renovations in 1811. The author Robert Louis Stevenson attended services in the church in his youth when he lived in Swanston village nearby and once described the Old Kirk as the "most delightful place on earth." Stevenson's letters to his friends often mention the Old Kirk and he used his memories as models for the churches in his books "A Lowder Sabbath Morning," "Weir of Hermiston" and "The Body Snatcher." The Old Kirk building acquired a new roof about 2004 and, in 2021, was rented out for weddings and events, having been superseded for parish use by a much larger church. The renovated church was used as a location for one of the scenes in Season 1 of the Outlander television series. The Glencorse Old Kirk of Glencorse became too small for the parish due to the increased numbers of Royal Scots troops at Glencorse Barracks. The Minister at the time, the Rev. William Baillie Strong (1878-1928) was the driving force behind the building of a new church. The Rt. Hon. John Inglis offered a free site for the new church and funds to help with the construction. Col. Robert Trotter, of Bush House also donated funds for a new building and a site to use as a cemetery, namely a field of about an acre at New Milton farm as the Old Kirk cemetery was full. The new church, designed by the architect Sir Rowand Anderson, was erected in 1885 and could seat 500 people. The font was found in the floor of the Old Kirk during renovations in 1811 and is thought to have originally come from the Chapel of St Catherine, which was flooded