Balerno
Balerno is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland positioned 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of the city centre, next to Currie and afterwards Juniper Green. Administratively, Balerno falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council. Its name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Àirneach, meaning "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest composed records of Balhernoch or Balernach are found in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought considerable development to the location, with many brand-new flax, snuff and also paper mills springing up around the Water of Leith and also its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (evidence of flax manufacturing can be seen in Harlaw Woods). The largest of these mills, Balerno Bank Paper Mill situated near the centre of the old town closed in the early 1980s. After the First World War home building started in earnest in the location as well as ever since property stress have nearly overwhelmed industrial and also commercial ones. There was a brief loophole train running over what is now the Water of Leith Walkway.
