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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]

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Berrier is located in the former Eden District
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Berrier is located in Cumbria
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Location within Cumbria
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Postcode districtCA11
Dialling code017684
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54.65°N 02.93°W / 54.65; -02.93
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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]

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