Balerno
Balerno is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland positioned 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of the city centre, alongside Currie and after that Juniper Green. Administratively, Balerno falls within the territory of the City of Edinburgh Council. Its name stems from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Àirneach, indicating "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest created records of Balhernoch or Balernach are discovered in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought considerable advancement to the location, with several new flax, snuff and also paper mills emerging around the Water of Leith and its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (evidence of flax manufacturing can be seen in Harlaw Woods). The biggest of these mills, Balerno Bank Paper Mill situated near the centre of the old town enclosed the early 1980s. After the First World War home structure began in earnest in the location and ever since property pressures have virtually overloaded commercial and also industrial ones. There was a short loophole train running over what is now the Water of Leith Walkway.