Berrier is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Mungrisdale, which is made up of eight hamlets and had a population of 297 in the 2011 United Kingdom census.[1] The civil parish of Berrier and Murrah existed from 1866 to 1934, Murrah being a nearby hamlet.[2][3]
Toponymy
Berrier means ‘hill shieling‘ – from Old English (OE) berg ‘hill‘, and Old Norse (ON) erg ‘shieling, hill pasture‘. Murrah is “a compound of OE mōr, ‘marsh’, and ON (v)rá, ‘nook, corner‘.”[4]
See also
References
- ^ UK Census (2011). “Local Area Report – Mungrisdale Parish (E04002557)”. Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ “Berrier and Murrah”. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Apperley, Eric. “Berrier and Murrah, 1900 (map)” (PDF). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xx. Vol. Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 181.
External links
Media related to Berrier at Wikimedia Commons- Cumbria County History Trust: Berrier-and-Murrah (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
