Kaber is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Eden District
Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England, based at Penrith Town Hall in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden, which flows north through the district toward Carlisle. Its population of 49,777 at the 2001 census, increased ...
of
Cumbria
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, England.
Location and topography
The village is located about to the south of
Brough. Until the latest boundary changes Kaber was situated in the historic county of
Westmorland
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.
The place-name 'Kaber' is first attested in the ''Register of the
Priory of Wetherhal'', circa 1195, where it appears as ''Kaberge''. The name means '
jackdaw
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hill'.
Eilert Ekwall
Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall (born 8 January 1877 in Vallsjö (now in Sävsjö, Jönköpings län), Sweden, died 23 November 1964 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden), known as Eilert Ekwall, was Professor of English at Sweden's Lund University from 1909 to ...
, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.269.
The northern boundary of the civil parish is formed by the
River Belah
The River Belah is a river in the county of Cumbria in England. Its name derives from the Old English word and means the "Roaring River".
The Belah is formed by the confluence of several small streams or ''sikes'' draining most of north and s ...
which rises near Kaber Fell to the southeast and flows just north of the village en route to joining the
River Eden.
The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Parish record details are maintained in the adjacent parish of
Winton.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Kaber, Cumbria
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Kaber(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Villages in Cumbria
Civil parishes in Cumbria
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