West Linton
West Linton is a village and also civil parish in southerly Scotland, on the A702. It was previously in the area of Peeblesshire, however considering that local government re-organisation in the mid-1990s it is currently part of Scottish Borders. A number of its homeowners are travelers, owing to the town's closeness to Edinburgh, which is 16 miles (26 kilometres) to the north east. West Linton has a long history, and holds a yearly standard celebration called the Whipman Play. The town of Linton is of ancient beginning. Its name originates from a Celtic component (cognate with the modern-day Irish Gaelic linn, Scottish Gaelic linne, as well as modern-day Welsh "Llyn") meaning a lake or pool, a pool in a river, or a network (as in Loch Linnhe, part of which is called An Linne Dhubh, the black pool, or Dublin, an Anglicisation of dubh and linn, meaning black swimming pool) and the Gaelic "dun" Welsh "hullabaloo"), for a citadel, fortified location, or army camp (related to the modern English community, by way of the Saxon "tun", a ranch or collection of residences), and also is obviously appropriate, as the village appears to have actually been surrounded by lakes, swimming pools and marshes. At one time it was known as Lyntoun Roderyck, determined perhaps with Roderyck or Riderch, King of Strathclyde, whose area included this location, or with a local chieftain of that name. The Scottish Gaelic variation of the name is a partial translation, Ruairidh being a Gaelic form of Roderick. The prefix "West" was acquired many centuries later to make clear the difference from East Linton in East Lothian.
