Dundraw

Also known as Dundraw, Cumbria

Dundraw is a hamlet and a civil parish near Abbeytown, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The hamlet is approximately three-and-a-half miles east of Abbeytown, nine-and-a-quarter miles south-east of Silloth-on-Solway, three-and-a-quarter miles north-west of Wigton, and fourteen miles south-west of Carlisle.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: The hamlet of Dundraw (geograph 3130026).jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: The hamlet of Dundraw
UK place.official_name: Dundraw
UK place.population: 174
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.civil_parish: Dundraw
UK place.unitary_england: Cumberland
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Cumbria
UK place.region: North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Penrith and Solway
UK place.post_town: WIGTON
UK place.postcode_district: CA7
UK place.postcode_area: CA
UK place.dial_code: 016973
UK place.os_grid_reference: NY215497
UK place.pushpin_map: United Kingdom Allerdale
UK place.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Allerdale, Cumbria

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Wikidata facts

Population: 174
Image: The hamlet of Dundraw (geograph 3130026).jpg
Dialing code: 016973

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Commons category: Dundraw
OS grid reference: NY215497

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Contents

Toponymy
The hamlet
Governance
Population
Attractions
Places of interest
See also
References
External links

==Toponymy== The first part of the name is Brittonic drum-, which in etymological terms means "a ridge" (Welsh drum). The second element is *draɣïn, meaning "thorns" (Welsh draen). Alternatively, the name may be derived from Gaelic equivalents of the aforementioned words. The loss of the final syllable is attributed to Old Norse speakers substituting the first element, which Middle English speakers 'translated' as dræġ, meaning "a drag, a steep slope", omitting *–ïn as this was taken to be the Scandinavian suffixed definite article.