Mindrum Explained

Official Name:Mindrum
Country:England
Region:North East England
Unitary England:Northumberland
Lieutenancy England:Northumberland
Constituency Westminster:Berwick-upon-Tweed
Post Town:MINDRUM
Postcode Area:TD
Postcode District:TD12
Dial Code:01890
Os Grid Reference:NT845325
Coordinates:55.59°N -2.253°W

 Mindrum is a village in Northumberland, England, in the district of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Now little more than a postal address, it forms the centre of a number of farms.

Geography

Mindrum is located on the North West Foothills of the Cheviot Hills on the Bowmont Water, one of the Tributaries of the River Tweed. Whilst the term Mountain may be optimistic, the village is flanked by a clear ridge running from Camp Hill to the Mindrum Mill Crag on its North West Flank.

Etymology

The name Mindrum is thought to be of Cumbric origin. It can be explained as a compound of the words equivalent to Welsh, 'mountain' and drum, 'ridge'.[1] [2] Mindrum appears to have the same etymology as Mynydd y Drum, Wales. Whilst the term 'mountain' may be optimistic, the village is flanked by a clear ridge running from Camp Hill to the Mindrum Mill Crag on its North West Flank. Although the word "Min" in Welsh means an "edge". Thus an alternative, and perhaps more logical, etymology is "edge of the ridge".

Governance

Mindrum is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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Notes and References

  1. Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), appendix.
  2. Web site: James . Alan . A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence . SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North . 25 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf . 13 August 2017 . dead . dmy-all .