Berrow, Somerset
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Berrow is a small residential coastal village and holiday area, a civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in between Burnham-on-Sea and Brean.
According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,534.[1]
History
Berrow was part of the
Governance
The
For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Axbridge Rural District.[3]
An
It is also part of the a
Church
The
Beach and dunes
Berrow beach was awarded the Blue flag rural beach award in 2005. The beach is home to the shipwreck of the Norwegian barque Nornen, which ran aground on 3 March 1897.[7] The ship was built in 1876 as the Maipu in Bordeaux, before being sold to S. C. Larson in Norway and renamed. She ran aground in a storm and most of the structure was removed for scrap.[8] In July 2003, Sedgemoor District Council threatened to remove the wreck from the beach fearing it could be held liable if any jet-skiers were to hit the wreck while submerged at high tide.[9]
Berrow Dunes, west of the village, has a
Berrow Marsh, contained within the dunes between the village and the beach, is a mixture of
Notable people
- Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak born in the vicarage in 1829
References
- ^ a b "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Militia in the Brent-cum-Wrington Hundred". Wrington Somerset. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "Axbridge RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "ward population 2011". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ISBN 0-9526702-0-8.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1262961)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
- ^ "The Berrow Ship Wreck". Burnham-on-Sea website. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
- ISBN 978-1445664002.
- ^ "Shipwreck could stay on beach". BBC News. 8 October 2003. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
- ^ "Berrow Dunes". Retrieved 22 October 2021.
External links
Media related to Berrow, Somerset at Wikimedia Commons