Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Balerno

Balerno, vil. with ry. sta., Currie par., NW. Edinburghshire, on Water of Leith, 7 miles SW. of Edinburgh, pop. 474; P.O., T.O.; has several paper-mills.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Currie ScoP       Midlothian ScoCnty
Place: Balerno

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