Berrier

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Berrier
Cumberland

Berrier
Location
Grid reference: NY401295
Location: 54°39’26"N, 2°55’45"W
Data
Post town: Penrith
Postcode: CA11
Dialling code: 017684
Local Government
Council: Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Berrier is a hamlet in Cumberland, within the Lake District, strung along a single lane (which lane marks the administrative boundary of the Lake District National Park extending to the west and south).

Berrier Hill (1,171 feet) and the Greystoke Forest stand to the north.

Name

The name 'Berrier' means 'hill shieling', from the Old English beorg ('hill') and the Old Norse erg meaning 'shieling' or 'hill pasture'.

'Murrah' nearby is a compound of the Old English mor', 'marsh' or 'moor', and the Old Norse (v)rá, meaning 'nook' or 'corner'.[1]

Outside links

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References

  1. Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B.: 'The place-names of Cumberland' Part 1 page 181 (English Place-Name Society, 1950: vol.xx) (Cambridge University Press)