Blennerhasset and Torpenhow
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Blennerhasset and Torpenhow is a civil parish in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 437, reducing to 423 at the 2011 Census.[1] It includes the villages of Blennerhasset grid reference NY178415 and Torpenhow at NY202397 and the smaller settlement of Kirkland Guards at NY187401.
The local pronunciation of Torpenhow is /trəˈpɛnə/, which causes consternation to those living outside West Cumbria, who would use the more intuitive pronunciation /ˈtɔːrpənhaʊ/. Blennerhasset is pronounced blen-RAY-sit rather than the more intuitive BLE-ner-has-set.
A Roman fort[2] is situated on the old Roman Road between Old Carlisle grid reference NY263466 and Papcastle grid reference NY109314
Etymology
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'Blennerhasset' derives from the Old Norse 'heysætr', 'hay shieling', which has been added to a British place-name containing 'blaen', 'top'. The '-er-' part in the middle " is best explained by Ekwall [3] on the supposition that the full first element corresponded to Welsh 'blaen-dre', 'hill farm' ".[4]
Torpenhow was etymologized as "Tosti's howe" (with howe reflecting Old Norse haugr "hill, mound") in The place-names of Cumberland (1950),[5] against a tradition identifying the name as an example of tautology in placenames, first proposed by Denton (1688).[6] Denton interpreted tor, pen and how as three elements all with the base meaning "hill".[7] The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames (4th ed. 1960) accepted Denton's torr+pen+howe etymology (against the 1950s "Tosti" proposal), but notes that torr+penn is not tautological, but expresses the idea of "top or breast of the hill", to which howe was added in a (single) tautology.[8]
The local pronunciation of Torpenhow Village is /trəˈpɛnə/, though the more intuitive pronunciation /ˈtɔːrpənhaʊ/ is also used.[9]
Blennerhasset Mill
Blennerhasset Mill (at grid reference NY419185) is on the south bank of the River Ellen. Plans are in hand to re-establish the mill and make it energy neutral by having it produce its own energy from a rebuilt water wheel.
See also
- Listed buildings in Blennerhasset and Torpenhow
- Torpenhow Hill, a famous but apparently spurious hill
References
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- ↑ Armstrong, 1950, p.266
- ↑ Thomas Denton: A Perambulation of Cumberland, 1687-8, including descriptions of Westmorland, the Isle of Man and Ireland
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- ↑ the same etymology is also accepted y David Mills, 2011, A Dictionary of British Place-Names.
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External links
- Cumbria County History Trust: Blennerhasset and Kirkland (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
- Cumbria County History Trust: Torpenhow and Whitrigg (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
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