Berrier is a hamlet in
Cumbria
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, England. It is in the
civil parish
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of Mungrisdale, which is made up of eight hamlets and had a population of 297 in the
2011 United Kingdom census.
The civil parish of Berrier and Murrah existed from 1866 to 1934, Murrah being a nearby hamlet.
Etymology
'Berrier' means 'hill shieling' - from
Old English
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(OE) 'berg', 'hill', and
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...
(ON)'erg' 'shieling', 'hill pasture'.
'Murrah' is "a compound of OE 'mōr', 'marsh', and ON '(v)rá', 'nook', 'corner'. "
See also
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Listed buildings in Mungrisdale
Mungrisdale is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains 47 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, a ...
References
External links
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Cumbria County History Trust: Berrier-and-Murrah(nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
Hamlets in Cumbria
Mungrisdale
Former civil parishes in Cumbria
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