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 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 written documents of Balhernoch or Balernach are found in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought considerable advancement to the area, with numerous new flax, snuff as well as 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 biggest 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 home structure began in earnest in the location and since then property stress have practically overloaded commercial and commercial ones. There was a brief loophole train running over what is currently the Water of Leith Walkway.