Berrier, Mungrisdale | ||||
Berrier | ||||
civil parish:- | Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland) | |||
county:- | Cumbria | |||
locality type:- | locality | |||
locality type:- | buildings | |||
coordinates:- | NY39972964 (etc) | |||
1Km square:- | NY3929 | |||
10Km square:- | NY32 | |||
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 8) placename:- Berrier |
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source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Berriar |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY32NE.jpg "Berriar" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Berrier |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes,
Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to
1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies,
Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick,
Cumberland, et al, 1833. OT02NY32.jpg item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) item:- geology |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto source Page 156:- "... A curious mixed rock of basaltic appearance is found near Berrier; it skirts the north side of Caldbeck Fells, forms the hill called Binsey, and may be seen on the north side of the Derwent near to Cockermouth." "..." goto source Page 161:- "A superincumbent bed of limestone, by some called the mountain, by others the upper transition limestone, mantles round these mountains, in a position unconformable to the strata of the slaty and other rocks upon which it reposes. It bassets out near ... Hesket, Berrier, Dacre, ..." |
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hearsay:- |
It is said that Berrier has 9 months of winter and 3 months of cold weather. |
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