13 Sep
Flooring | Renovation
Balerno, Currie, Edinburgh, Juniper Green - EH14
Enquiry from: Simba M
Start Date: Immediate
Homeowner Please contact to appoint
Balerno
Balerno is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland positioned 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of the city centre, next to Currie and then Juniper Green. Administratively, Balerno drops within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council. Its name stems from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Àirneach, indicating "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest written documents of Balhernoch or Balernach are located in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought significant growth to the location, with many brand-new flax, snuff and also paper mills emerging around the Water of Leith as well as its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (evidence of flax manufacturing can be seen in Harlaw Woods). The largest of these mills, Balerno Bank Paper Mill situated near the centre of the old village closed in the very early 1980s. After the First World War house structure started in earnest in the area and since then property pressures have almost overloaded business and commercial ones. There was a brief loophole railway running over what is now the Water of Leith Walkway.
