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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Currie
| country = EnglandScotland
| static_image_name = Flag of Currie.svg
| static_image_width = 200
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| population = 7,494
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011]])
| pushpin_map = Edinburgh
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the [[City of Edinburgh council area]]
| os_grid_reference = NT182677
| map_type = Scotland
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| gaelic_name = Currach
| scots_name = Curry
| unitary_scotland = [[City of Edinburgh (council area)|City of Edinburgh]]
}}
 
'''Currie''' ({{lang-gd|Currach}}, IPA:[ˈkʰuːᵲəx]) is a village and suburb on the outskirts of [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, situated {{convert|7|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} south west of the city centre. Formerly within the County of [[Midlothian]], it now falls within the jurisdiction of the [[Politics of Edinburgh|City of Edinburgh Council]]. It is situated between [[Juniper Green]] to the northeast and [[Balerno]] to the southwest. It gives its name to a [[Civil parishes in Scotland|civil parish]].
 
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.
Prior to the name of Currie (which appears in the 16th century) the area was known as '''Kinleith''' or '''Killeith'''.<ref>Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott</ref>
 
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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=== Football ===
Currie has twoone youth football teamsteam called Currie Football Club and (Currie Star FCFootball (Currie StarClub play their games in the [[Kingsknowe]] area of [[Edinburgh]]).
 
=== Rugby ===
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The venue is in the Gibson Craig Hall on the Lanark Road in Currie.
 
== Local NewspaperPublications ==
[http://www.candbnews.com C&B News] (– originally Currie & Balerno News) – is a volunteer-led “local community news magazinemagazine” covering(available Curriein asprint welland as nearbya downloadable [[PDF]]) covering Currie and neighbouring [[Balerno]], [[Juniper Green]], [[Baberton Mains]] and [[Colinton]]. LaunchedOriginally launched in February 1976, and published 10 times a year, the publicationmagazine features local news and articles, reportscontributions from local groups/organisations, political representatives, and Communityupdates Councils,on pluslocal regularplanning coverageissues—all ofvoluntarily localsubmitted planningby applicationslocal andresidents.<ref developmentsname="C&B">{{cite web|url=https://candbnews.com/| title=C&B News |publisher=C&B News |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref>
 
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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===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 EcclesiastaeEcclesiae ScoticanaScoticanae''; by Hew Scott</ref>
*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
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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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