West Linton
West Linton is a village and also civil parish in southerly Scotland, on the A702. It was formerly in the county of Peeblesshire, however considering that local government re-organisation in the mid-1990s it is now part of Scottish Borders. A number of its citizens are commuters, owing to the town's proximity to Edinburgh, which is 16 miles (26 km) to the north east. West Linton has a long background, and also holds a yearly typical festival called the Whipman Play. The village of Linton is of ancient origin. Its name derives from a Celtic aspect (cognate with the modern-day Irish Gaelic linn, Scottish Gaelic linne, as well as modern-day Welsh "Llyn") indicating 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 as well as linn, indicating black pool) and the Gaelic "dun" Welsh "hubbub"), for a citadel, fortified place, or military camp (pertaining to the contemporary English community, by way of the Saxon "tun", a farm or collection of residences), and also is seemingly proper, as the village appears to have actually been surrounded by lakes, swimming pools and marshes. At one time it was called Lyntoun Roderyck, determined probably 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 name is a partial translation, Ruairidh being a Gaelic kind of Roderick. The prefix "West" was acquired several centuries later to clarify the distinction from East Linton in East Lothian.
