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Balerno
Balerno is a residential area of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of the city centre, next to Currie and then Juniper Green. Administratively, Balerno falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council. Its name stems from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Àirneach, suggesting "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest created records of Balhernoch or Balernach are found in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought substantial growth to the area, with lots of brand-new flax, snuff and paper mills emerging around the Water of Leith and also its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (proof of flax manufacturing can be seen in Harlaw Woods). The largest of these mills, Balerno Bank Paper Mill located near the centre of the old town closed in the very early 1980s. After the First World War residence structure started in earnest in the area and since then domestic pressures have nearly overloaded commercial and industrial ones. There was a brief loop railway running over what is now the Water of Leith Walkway.