Currie, the Glossary
Currie (Currach, IPA) is a village and suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated south west of the city centre.[1]
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A70 road
The A70 road is a major road in Scotland, United Kingdom.
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan
Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 17314 August 1804) was a British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797.
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Alexander Morison
Sir Alexander Morison M.D. (1 May 1779 – 14 March 1866) was a Scottish physician and alienist (psychiatrist).
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Alexander Ranken
Alexander Ranken (1755–1827) was an 18th/19th century Church of Scotland minister and historian, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1811.
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Alick Buchanan-Smith (politician)
Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith (8 April 1932 – 29 August 1991) was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.
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Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno
Brigadier Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno, (9 October 1898 – 28 July 1984) was a British soldier and prominent geneticist.
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Baberton
Baberton is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Currie and Baberton are areas of Edinburgh.
Balerno
Balerno (Baile Àirneag, Scottish Gaelic pronunciation;; Scots: Balerno or Balernie) is a village on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland situated south-west of the city centre, next to Currie and then Juniper Green. Currie and Balerno are areas of Edinburgh.
Balerno line
The Balerno line was a short loop railway in the southern suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
City of Edinburgh Council
The City of Edinburgh Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Baile Dhùn Èideann) is the local government authority covering the City of Edinburgh council area.
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Civil parishes in Scotland
Civil parishes are small divisions used for statistical purposes and formerly for local government in Scotland.
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Colinton
Colinton (Baile Cholgain) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated southwest of the city centre. Currie and Colinton are areas of Edinburgh and parishes formerly in Midlothian.
College of Justice
The College of Justice (Colaiste a' Cheartais) includes the Supreme Courts of Scotland, and its associated bodies.
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Common Brittonic
Common Brittonic (Brythoneg; Brythonek; Predeneg), also known as British, Common Brythonic, or Proto-Brittonic, is an extinct Celtic language spoken in Britain and Brittany.
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Currie
Currie (Currach, IPA) is a village and suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated south west of the city centre. Currie and Currie are areas of Edinburgh and parishes formerly in Midlothian.
Currie High School
Currie Community High School is a six-year comprehensive school serving the south-west of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Currie railway station
Currie railway station was opened in 1874 and served the area of the village of Currie that now forms part of the city of Edinburgh.
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Currie RFC
Currie Rugby Football Club are an Edinburgh-based rugby union club in the Scottish Rugby Union, they currently play in the Scottish Premiership.
Curriehill railway station
Curriehill railway station is located in Currie, a southwestern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, not far from the main campus of Heriot-Watt University.
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David Bryce
David Bryce FRSE FRIBA RSA (3 April 1803 – 7 May 1876) was a Scottish architect.
David Cousin
David Cousin (19 May 1809 – 14 August 1878) was a Scottish architect, landscape architect and planner, closely associated with early cemetery design and many prominent buildings in Edinburgh.
Dougal Haston
Duncan "Dougal" Curdy MacSporran Haston (19 April 1940 – 17 January 1977) was a Scottish mountaineer noted for his exploits in the British Isles, Alps, and the Himalayas.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh Pentlands (Gaelic: Dùn Èideann Pentlands) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Edinburgh.
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Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh South West is a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used at the 2005 UK general election.
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Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".
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George Adam Smith
Sir George Adam Smith (19 October 1856 – 3 March 1942) was a Scottish theologian.
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George Heriot's School
George Heriot's School is a private primary and secondary day school on Lauriston Place in the Lauriston area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Glasgow
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.
Henry Charteris
Henry Charteris the younger (1565–1628) was a Scottish minister and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1599 to 1620.
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Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University (Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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James Thomson (weaver poet)
James Thomson (10 September 1763 – 1832) was a Scottish weaver poet of Currie, near Edinburgh, whose poetry in the Scottish vernacular was published in Leith in the early 19th century.
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Jamie Dick
James A. Dick V (born February 5, 1989) is an American professional stock car racing driver.
Janet Adam Smith
Janet Buchanan Adam Smith OBE (9 December 1905 – 11 September 1999) was a Scottish writer, editor, literary journalist, and champion of Scottish literature.
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John Bartholomew
John Bartholomew Jr (25 December 1831 – 30 March 1893) was a Scottish cartographer.
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John Somerville (minister)
John Somerville (1774–1837) was an early 19th century Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland who also had sporting links to curling.
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Juniper Green
Juniper Green is a village on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated about south-west of the city centre. Currie and Juniper Green are areas of Edinburgh.
Kate Green
Katherine Anne Green OBE JP (born 2 May 1960) is a British politician serving as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime since 2023.
Kingsknowe
Kingsknowe (Cnocan an Righ) is a suburb of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland. Currie and Kingsknowe are areas of Edinburgh.
Leith
Leith (Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. Currie and Leith are areas of Edinburgh.
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List of The Great British Bake Off finalists (series 8–present)
The Great British Bake Off is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions.
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Lothian
Lothian (Lowden, Loudan, -en, -o(u)n; Lodainn) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills.
Lothian Buses
Lothian Buses is a major bus operator based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Maitland Moir
John Maitland Moir (18 June 1924 – 17 April 2013) was a priest of the Orthodox Church of St Andrew in Edinburgh, and founder of several Orthodox communities in Scotland.
Market cross
A market cross, or in Scots, a mercat cross, is a structure used to mark a market square in market towns, where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron.
Matt Scott (rugby union)
Matthew Scott (born 30 September 1990) is a Scottish rugby union player with 40 caps for Scotland who most recently played for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Midlothian
Midlothian (Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government.
Ochterlony baronets
The Ochterlony Baronetcy, of in the County of Angus, and the Ochterlony Baronetcy, of Ochterlony in the County of Forfar, were two titles in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, both created for Major-General Sir David Ochterlony.
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Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
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Pentland Hills
The Pentland Hills are a range of hills southwest of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.
Ratho
Ratho (Ràthach) is a village in the rural west part of the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland. Currie and Ratho are parishes formerly in Midlothian.
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Riccarton, Edinburgh
Riccarton is an area in Edinburgh's Green Belt, in Scotland. Currie and Riccarton, Edinburgh are areas of Edinburgh.
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Robert Cranston Low
Robert Cranston Low FRSE FRCPE (1879–1949) was a Scottish physician and dermatologist.
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Robert Jamieson (moderator)
Robert Jamieson (1802–1880) was a minister of the Church of Scotland and religious author, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1872.
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Robert Leighton (bishop)
Robert Leighton (1611 – 25 June 1684) was a Scottish prelate and scholar, best known as a church minister, Bishop of Dunblane, Archbishop of Glasgow, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1653 to 1662.
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Robert Lorimer
Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, KBE (4 November 1864 – 13 September 1929) was a prolific Scottish architect and furniture designer noted for his sensitive restorations of historic houses and castles, for new work in Scots Baronial and Gothic Revival styles, and for promotion of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Robert the Bruce
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Raibeart am Brusach), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329.
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Saint Mungo
Kentigern (Cyndeyrn Garthwys; Kentigernus), known as Mungo, was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow.
Scars (band)
Scars (originally known as The Scars) were a Scottish post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, and were a part of that city's music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.
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Scottish Widows
Scottish Widows is a life insurance and pensions company located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group.
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Shotts Line
The Shotts Line is a suburban railway line in Scotland linking and via.
Stanley Davidson
Sir Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson (3 March 1894 – 27 September 1981) was a British physician, medical investigator and author who wrote the medical textbook Principles and Practice of Medicine, which was first published in 1952.
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Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes
Stephen Andrew Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes, (born 12 February 1964), is a Scottish businessman and politician.
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The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off (often abbreviated to Bake Off or GBBO, or as known in the US and Canada as The Great British Baking Show) is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress two judges with their baking skills.
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The Great British Bake Off series 11
The eleventh series of The Great British Bake Off began on 22 September 2020.
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Thomas Barclay (minister)
Thomas Barclay (14 June 1792 – 23 February 1873) was a minister in the Church of Scotland and Principal of the University of Glasgow.
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Union Canal (Scotland)
The Union Canal, full name the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, is a canal in Scotland, running from Falkirk to Edinburgh, constructed to bring minerals, especially coal, to the capital.
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University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.
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War memorial
A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.
Water of Leith
The Water of Leith (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Lìte) is the main river flowing through central Edinburgh, Scotland, that starts in the Pentlands Hills and flows into the port of Leith and then into the sea via the Firth of Forth.
Water of Leith Walkway
The Water of Leith Walkway is a public footpath and cycleway that runs alongside the river of the same name through Edinburgh, Scotland, from Balerno to Leith.
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2011 United Kingdom census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.
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See also
Parishes formerly in Midlothian
- Colinton
- Corstorphine
- Cramond
- Currie
- Duddingston
- Harburn, West Lothian
- Heriot, Scottish Borders
- Inveresk
- Kirkliston
- Kirknewton, West Lothian
- Liberton, Edinburgh
- Mid Calder
- Ratho
- Stow of Wedale
- West Calder
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currie
Also known as Currie Primary School, Currie, Edinburgh, Currie, Midlothian, Curriehill Primary School, Nether Currie Primary School, Riccarton Primary School.
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