West Linton
West Linton is a village as well as civil parish in southerly Scotland, on the A702. It was previously in the area of Peeblesshire, however considering that city government re-organisation in the mid-1990s it is now part of Scottish Borders. A number of its residents are travelers, owing to the town's proximity to Edinburgh, which is 16 miles (26 km) to the north east. West Linton has a lengthy history, as well as holds an annual typical festival called the Whipman Play. The village of Linton is of ancient origin. Its name derives from a Celtic aspect (cognate with the modern-day Irish Gaelic linn, Scottish Gaelic linne, and modern-day Welsh "Llyn") suggesting a lake or pool, a pool in a river, or a channel (as in Loch Linnhe, part of which is called An Linne Dhubh, the black pool, or Dublin, an Anglicisation of dubh and linn, implying black swimming pool) and the Gaelic "dun" Welsh "hubbub"), for a fortress, strengthened place, or armed forces camp (related to the modern English community, by way of the Saxon "tun", a ranch or collection of houses), and also is obviously suitable, as the town appears to have actually been surrounded by lakes, swimming pools as well as marshes. At one time it was called Lyntoun Roderyck, identified perhaps with Roderyck or Riderch, King of Strathclyde, whose area included this area, or with a regional chieftain of that name. The Scottish Gaelic version of the place name is a partial translation, Ruairidh being a Gaelic type of Roderick. The prefix "West" was obtained lots of centuries later to make clear the distinction from East Linton in East Lothian.
