Craigentinny


Craigentinny is a suburb in the north-east of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of Restalrig and close to Portobello.
Its name is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic Creag an t-Sionnaich meaning "Foxrock" or Creag an teine meaning "Fire Crag".

History

Previously moorland, the first major house was built in 1604. This house, Craigentinny Castle, gives its name to the wider area. It was built by James Nisbet of the Nisbet family associated more strongly with the Dean area of the city, as the occupants of Dean House. The land was bought from the Logan family of Restalrig. It was bought around 1760 by William Miller. In 1849/50 it was remodelled by David Rhind for Christie Miller, William Miller's great nephew.
In 1932 the Council developed part of the area with 520 houses and a block of six shops in three-storey tenements by Ebenezer James MacRae and his team.
The area contains churches and schools from the 1930s, including, Craigentinny Primary School on Loaning Road which was designed by Ebenezer James MacRae, and St Christophers Church which is at the junction of Craigentinny Road and Craigentinny Avenue and was designed by James MacLachlan.
The most distinctive and unique structure in the Craigentinny Marbles, a mausoleum to William Henry Miller by David Rhind with bas reliefs by Sir Alfred Gatley. The monument was subsumed by bungalows in the 1930s and now stands on Craigentinny Crescent.

Ethnicity

Craigentinny comparedCraigentinnyEdinburgh
White93.5%91.7%
Asian4.3%5.5%
Black0.9%1.2%
Mixed0.8%0.9%
Other0.5%0.8%

Other features

Craigentinny Golf Course is an 18-hole par 67 course lying on the north edge of the district close to Seafield and the Firth of Forth.
Craigentinny train maintenance depot is located in the area.