Berrier

Hamlet in Cumbria, England

For the surname, see Berrier (surname).

Human settlement in England

Berrier

Berrier

Berrier

Location in Eden, Cumbria

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Berrier

Location within Cumbria

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OS grid reference| NY4029
Civil parish|

* Mungrisdale

Unitary authority|

* Westmorland and Furness

Ceremonial county|

* Cumbria

Region|

* North West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| PENRITH
Postcode district| CA11
Dialling code| 017684
Police| Cumbria
Fire| Cumbria
Ambulance| North West
UK Parliament|

* Westmorland and Lonsdale

List of places

England
Cumbria

54°39′N 2°56′W﻿ / ﻿54.65°N 02.93°W﻿ / 54.65; -02.93

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]

## Etymology

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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

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* Cumbria portal

* Listed buildings in Mungrisdale

## References

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1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Mungrisdale Parish (E04002557)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
2. ^ "Berrier and Murrah". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
3. ^ Apperley, Eric. "Berrier and Murrah, 1900 (map)" (PDF). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
4. ^ 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

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* Media related to Berrier at Wikimedia Commons
* Cumbria County History Trust: Berrier-and-Murrah (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)

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