Blennerhasset
| Blennerhasset | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 The bridge at Blennerhasset | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY178415 |
| Location: | 54°45’43"N, 3°16’42"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wigton |
| Postcode: | CA7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
Blennerhasset is a village in western Cumberland, at a bridge over the River Ellen, two miles east of Aspatria. According to the 2001 census, the parish of 'Blennerhasset and Torpenhow' had a population of 437, reduced to 423 at the 2011 Census.
A Roman fort[1] has been found on the old Roman Road between Old Carlisle NY263466 and Papcastle NY109314, outside the village.
Name
'Blennerhasset' derives from the Old Norse 'heysætr', 'hay shieling', which has been added to a British language place-name containing 'blaen', 'top'. Ekwal; explains the '-er-' part in the middle of the word as the Old Welsh tre meaning 'village' or 'estate', hence blaen-dre as 'top farm'.[2][3]
Blennerhasset Mill
Blennerhasset Mill (at NY419185) is on the south bank of the River Ellen. Plans are in hand to re-establish the mill and make it energy neutral by having it produce its own energy from a rebuilt water wheel.
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References
- ↑ Roman Britain
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1922). The place-names of Lancashire. Manchester: Chetham Society.
- ↑ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xxi. part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 265–66.