Barras is a hamlet close to 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 ...

, about south-east of Brough,

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...

, England. Rly Barras Station 24

Until the creation of the new county of Cumbria, Barras was situated at the eastern edge of the historic county of

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. The hamlet is located at approximately above sea level. From 1861 until 1962 it was served by

Barras railway station Barras railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Barnard Castle railway station, Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen East railway station, Kirkby Stephen East. History The station was situated at an alti ...

on the Stainmore railway line between

Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Stephen () is a market town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith. The River Eden rises away in the pea ...

and

Barnard Castle Barnard Castle (, ) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum has an 18th-century Silver Swan automaton exhibit ...

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