Balerno
Balerno is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland positioned 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of the city centre, beside Currie and then Juniper Green. Administratively, Balerno drops within the territory of the City of Edinburgh Council. Its name originates from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Àirneach, suggesting "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest composed records of Balhernoch or Balernach are discovered in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought substantial growth to the area, with several new flax, snuff and also paper mills springing up around the Water of Leith and also its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (proof of flax manufacturing can be seen in Harlaw Woods). The biggest of these mills, Balerno Bank Paper Mill situated near the centre of the old town enclosed the early 1980s. After the First World War home structure started in earnest in the area and also since then domestic pressures have nearly overwhelmed business as well as industrial ones. There was a brief loop train running over what is currently the Water of Leith Walkway.