Craigentinny
Craigentinny () is a suburb in the north-east of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of Restalrig and close to Portobello. Its name may be a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic Creag an t-Sionnaich meaning "Foxrock", but more likely Creag an teine meaning "Fire Crag" or a beacon which is similar to Ardentinny in Argyll. History 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. Through the Nisbet family it passed to John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton around 1680. Through Lord Dirleton it passed to the Scott-Nisbets. 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 Henry Miller (MP) (178901848) (whose mausoleum lies nearby). Around 1850 it was remodelled by David Rhind for the Marsh sisters who had