Berrier

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Berrier
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Berrier
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Location in Eden, Cumbria
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Berrier
Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY4029
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA11
Dialling code 017684
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54°39′N2°56′W / 54.65°N 02.93°W / 54.65; -02.93

Berrier is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Mungrisdale, which is made up of eight hamlets and had a population of 297 in the 2011 United Kingdom census. [1] The civil parish of Berrier and Murrah existed from 1866 to 1934, Murrah being a nearby hamlet. [2] [3]

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Etymology

Berrier means 'hill shieling' – from Old English (OE) berg'hill', and Old Norse (ON) erg'shieling, hill pasture'. Murrah is "a compound of OE mōr, 'marsh', and ON (v)rá, 'nook, corner'." [4]

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References

  1. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Mungrisdale Parish (E04002557)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Berrier and Murrah". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Apperley, Eric. "Berrier and Murrah, 1900 (map)" (PDF). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xx. Vol. Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 181.


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