Balerno
Balerno is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of the city centre, next to Currie and afterwards Juniper Green. Administratively, Balerno drops within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council. Its name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Àirneach, indicating "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest composed records of Balhernoch or Balernach are located in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought significant advancement to the location, with several brand-new flax, snuff and also paper mills emerging around the Water of Leith and its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (proof of flax manufacturing 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 building started in earnest in the area as well as ever since residential stress have almost overloaded industrial and commercial ones. There was a brief loophole railway running over what is now the Water of Leith Walkway.
