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| population = 7,494
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011]])
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the [[City of Edinburgh council area]]
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| gaelic_name = Currach
| scots_name = Curry
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'''Currie''' ({{lang-gd|Currach}}, IPA:[ˈkʰuːᵲəx]) is a village and suburb on the outskirts of [[Edinburgh]],
In 2001, the population of Currie was 8,550 and it contained 3,454 houses.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.currie-scc.gov.uk/ccc11.html | title = Currie Community Council | access-date = 2012-06-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100625024654/http://www.currie-scc.gov.uk/ccc11.html | archive-date = 25 June 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
== Etymology ==
The name is recorded from 1210 onwards under various spellings such as ''Curey'', ''Cory'', ''Curri'' with ''Currie'' in 1402.
There is no accepted derivation of the name Currie but it is possibly from the [[Scottish Gaelic]] word ''curagh/curragh'', a wet or boggy plain, or from the [[British language (Celtic)|Brythonic]] word ''curi'', a dell or dirt hole. The neighbouring suburb of [[Balerno]] derives its name from [[Scottish Gaelic]], whilst the nearby [[Pentland Hills]] derive their name from Brythonic, so either is possible.
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The earliest record of education in the area is contained in the Minutes of Edinburgh Town Council in 1598, when Baillie Lawrence Henderson was sent to "the toun o Currie to help the gentlemen of the Parish select a Schoolmaister"; however it is not stated where the school was situated. In 1694, the heritors appointed a Mr Thomson to teach scholars in the Church until Thomas Craig of Riccarton found a place for the building of a school and house for the schoolmaster. The foundations of the school were laid in 1699. The school and school house cost 500 merks and the salary of the schoolmaster was 20 pounds Scots per year.
Currie is served by [[Currie High School]] (which has been a Green Flag Eco-School since 2004), Nether Currie Primary School and Currie Primary School, formed by an amalgamation in 2005 of Curriehill Primary School and [[Riccarton Primary School]] which shared neighbouring campuses. The largest single Year group since the School's inception, was 1984. According to the School Website this number will probably never be equalled or exceeded. CHS has sought to improve facilities since 2000 with additions of All Weather, floodlit Football Pitches.
From the 1970s onwards, [[Heriot-Watt University]] moved from its city centre location to occupy the lands of the former Riccarton Estate, gifted to the university by Midlothian County Council in 1966. The move has now been completed and the main campus of Heriot-Watt University occupies and manages a wooded area with enough space for future expansion.
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=== Football ===
Currie has
=== Rugby ===
Currie has one rugby team, [[Currie RFC]] who are based and play their home games in the neighbouring village of [[Balerno]].
== Culture and attractions ==
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The venue is in the Gibson Craig Hall on the Lanark Road in Currie.
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A bespoke edition of the “lifestyle and community magazine” Konect is delivered to households across Currie and neighbouring [[Balerno]], [[Juniper Green]], [[Baberton Mains]] and [[Ratho]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Konect Balerno |url=https://www.konect.scot/ |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
==Demographics==
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==Currie Kirk==
[[File:Currie Kirk, Midlothian.JPG|thumb|330px
[[File:Currie Kirk from rear.jpg|thumb|330px|Currie Kirk from rear]]
[[File:Coffin gravestone, 1751, Currie churchyard.jpg|thumb|330px|Coffin gravestone, 1751, Currie churchyard]]
[[File:The grave of Rev James Dick, Currie churchyard.png|thumb|The grave of Rev James Dick, Currie churchyard]]
The pre-Reformation church was dedicated to [[St Mungo]] and was under the control of the Archdeaconry of Lothian.
The parish church lies south of the current main road, amongst a small cluster of buildings which represent the original village. It was built in a simple rectangular form, with a pediment on its north (entrance) side and a low central spire, in 1784 by James Thompson of [[Leith]]. Its interior was remodelled in 1835 by the [[Edinburgh]] architect, [[David Bryce]], and in 1848 the windows were enlarged by the architect [[David Cousin]]. As the graveyard pre-dates the church it is presumed that the church replaced an earlier church.<ref>Buildings of Scotland: Lothian by Colin McWilliam</ref>
The graveyard is laid out in three sections: an original section around the church including several interesting carved stones from the 17th and 18th centuries; a Victorian section on a raised tier; and an attached, but separately walled cemetery to the south, containing 20th century graves. The lower section contains a coffin shaped stone to the Napier family dated 1751. This rare form is also found in [[Ratho]] churchyard to the north-west.
The [[war memorial]]. which adopts the form of a medieval [[market cross]], stands near the entrance to the church. It was designed by Sir [[Robert Lorimer]] and added in 1921.<ref>Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Robert Lorimer</ref>
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===Ministers===
*1568 to 1591 - Adam Lichton (brother of [[Robert Leighton (bishop)|Bishop Robert Leighton]])
*1591 to 1631 - Matthew Lichton, his son
*1631 to 1668 - John Charteris MA son of [[Henry Charteris]]
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*1719 to 1739 - John Spark drowned in the [[Water of Leith]] in 1739
*1740 to 1751 - David Moubray
*1752 to 1792 - James Craig (1721-1792) previously a master at [[George Heriot's School]]. Eloped with Mary Buntine, a Quaker in 1744.<ref>''Fasti
*1793 to 1815 - James Dick, previously tutor to Adam Duncan, [[Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan|Admiral Duncan]]<ref>Grave of Rev James Dick, Currie Kirkyard</ref>
*1816 to 1837 - [[John Somerville (minister)|John Somerville]] (1774-1837) inventor of the safety catch on firearms
*1837 to 1844 - [[Robert Jamieson (moderator)|Robert Jamieson]] Moderator in 1872
*1844 to 1858 - [[Thomas Barclay (minister)|Thomas Barclay]] MA became Principal of [[Glasgow University]]
*1859 to 1898 - James Langwill DD (1824-1898)<ref>Memorial to James Langwill in Currie Kirk</ref>
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* [[Kate Green]] - Labour MP
* [[Dougal Haston]] - pioneer of Scottish mountaineering
* [[Maitland Moir|John Henry Maitland Moir]] - Archimandrite, Greek Orthodox Church of St Andrew
* [[Alexander Ranken (moderator)|Rev Alexander Ranken]] born and raised in Currie
* [[Peter Sawkins]] - [[The Great British Bake Off|Great British Bake Off]] [[The Great British Bake Off (series 11)|Winner Series 11]]
* [[Matt Scott (rugby union)|Matt Scott]] - Scottish international Rugby Union player
* [[James Thomson (weaver poet)]]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110903142315/http://www.currie-scc.gov.uk/ Currie Community Council]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100329115029/http://www.curriechs.co.uk/ Currie Community High School]
*[http://www.currierugby.org Currie Rugby Football Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030121205/http://www.currierugby.org/ |date=30 October 2014 }}
*[http://www.curriefc.co.uk Currie Football Club]
*[http://www.hw.ac.uk Heriot-Watt University]
*[http://www.currie-pri.edin.sch.uk Currie Primary School]
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