General Electrical Work in Balerno

Balerno

Balerno is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland located 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of the city centre, next to Currie and afterwards Juniper Green. Administratively, Balerno drops within the territory of the City of Edinburgh Council. Its name stems from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Àirneach, meaning "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest written documents of Balhernoch or Balernach are located in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought substantial advancement to the area, with several new flax, snuff as well as paper mills emerging around the Water of Leith and also its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (proof of flax production can be seen in Harlaw Woods). The largest of these mills, Balerno Bank Paper Mill located near the centre of the old village closed in the early 1980s. After the First World War residence building started in earnest in the location and ever since domestic pressures have nearly overwhelmed industrial and also commercial ones. There was a brief loophole train running over what is currently the Water of Leith Walkway.