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Berrier

BERRIER, a township, in the parish of Greystock union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of Cumberland, 8 miles (W. by S.) from Penrith; containing, with the township of Murrah, 127 inhabitants, of whom 65 are in Berrier. Mary Jackson, in 1799, left £230 in reversion, to found and endow a school for girls, which was built by subscription in 1828.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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