Old Photograph Currie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Currie located South West of the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. 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 Brythonic word curi, a dell or hollow. 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. The weaver poet James Thomson was brought up in the village in the late 18th century and is commemorated by the dell of the Kinleith Burn being named the " Poet's Glen ", where it runs down from beside his cottage at Mid Kinleith Farm to join the Water of Leith, and also by a number of street names, Thomson Road, Thomson Drive, Thomson Crescent, in the east of Currie. History Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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