Balerno
Balerno is a suburban area of Edinburgh, Scotland located 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of the city centre, alongside Currie and afterwards Juniper Green. Administratively, Balerno falls within the territory of the City of Edinburgh Council. Its name stems from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Àirneach, meaning "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest written documents of Balhernoch or Balernach are discovered in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought considerable development to the area, with lots of new flax, snuff and also paper mills emerging around the Water of Leith and its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (evidence of flax production can be seen in Harlaw Woods). The largest of these mills, Balerno Bank Paper Mill located near the centre of the old town enclosed the early 1980s. After the First World War residence structure started in earnest in the location as well as since then residential stress have practically overloaded industrial and industrial ones. There was a short loop train running over what is now the Water of Leith Walkway.
