West Linton
West Linton is a village and civil parish in southerly Scotland, on the A702. It was previously in the area of Peeblesshire, however since local government re-organisation in the mid-1990s it is currently part of Scottish Borders. A lot of its homeowners are travelers, owing to the village's proximity to Edinburgh, which is 16 miles (26 kilometres) to the north east. West Linton has a lengthy background, and also holds a yearly traditional event called the Whipman Play. The village of Linton is of ancient beginning. Its name originates from a Celtic component (cognate with the contemporary Irish Gaelic linn, Scottish Gaelic linne, and also contemporary Welsh "Llyn") implying 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 also linn, implying black pool) and also the Gaelic "dun" Welsh "din"), for a fortress, fortified location, or military camp (pertaining to the contemporary English community, using the Saxon "tun", a ranch or collection of dwellings), and is obviously ideal, as the town shows up to have actually been bordered by lakes, swimming pools as well as marshes. At once it was known as Lyntoun Roderyck, determined maybe with Roderyck or Riderch, King of Strathclyde, whose territory 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 gotten numerous centuries later on to clarify the difference from East Linton in East Lothian.