Its name may be a corruption of the Scottish GaelicCreag an t-Sionnaich meaning "Foxrock", but more likely Creag an teine meaning "Fire Crag" or a beacon which is similar to Ardentinny in Argyll[citation needed].
Final resting place of William Henry Miller, designed by David Rhind, with bas relief sculptures by Alfred Gatley, this on the south side depicting "The Song of Moses and Miriam"
Previously moorland, the first major house was built shortly after 1604. This house, Craigentinny, 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.[1] Through the Nisbet family it passed to John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton around 1680. Through Lord Dirleton it passed to the Scott-Nisbets.[2] After the death of John Scott-Nisbet in 1765 it was bought by a William Miller (1722-99), a wealthy seedsman and Quaker, living on the Canongate, who already owned property in the Craigentinny and Fillyside areas. William's only surviving son was with his third wife Martha Rowson: William Miller MP (178901848) (whose mausoleum lies nearby). Around 1850 it was remodelled by David Rhind for the Marsh sisters who had inherited the house. It later passed to Samuel Christy, a distant relation (who changed his name to Christie-Miller e.g. Christiemiller Avenue).[3] The house was largely inhabited by caretakers until it was purchased by the Council and converted to serve as a community centre, said to be the first within a Scottish council estate.
In 1932-4 the Council developed part of the area in two main phases with over 800 houses and a block of six shops, mainly in three-storey tenements by Ebenezer James MacRae and his team. The latter layout was by George C Robb with individual tenements by architects Andrew MacCulloch, John Mailler Scott and others. [4]The remaining estate was laid out with private bungalows largely by James Miller (no relation) and Hepburn Brothers.
The area contains churches and schools from the 1930s, including, Craigentinny Primary School on Loaning Road which was designed by Ebenezer James MacRae's team (1934), and St Christophers Church which is at the junction of Craigentinny Road and Craigentinny Avenue and was designed by James MacLachlan (1934).
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