Balerno
Balerno is a suburban area of Edinburgh, Scotland positioned 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of the city centre, next to Currie and afterwards Juniper Green. Administratively, Balerno drops within the territory of the City of Edinburgh Council. Its name stems from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Àirneach, suggesting "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest composed records of Balhernoch or Balernach are located in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought considerable advancement to the location, with numerous brand-new flax, snuff as well as paper mills emerging around the Water of Leith and also its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (evidence of flax production can be seen in Harlaw Woods). The biggest of these mills, Balerno Bank Paper Mill situated near the centre of the old village enclosed the early 1980s. After the First World War house building started in earnest in the area as well as since then domestic stress have almost overloaded commercial and industrial ones. There was a short loop railway running over what is now the Water of Leith Walkway.
