Barrum

Barrum
Hamlet
Barrum is located in Friesland
Barrum
Barrum
Location in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands
Barrum is located in Netherlands
Barrum
Barrum
Barrum (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°09′00″N 5°33′39″E / 53.15010°N 5.56094°E / 53.15010; 5.56094
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceFriesland
MunicipalityWaadhoeke
VillageTzum
Elevation
[1]
0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
8804
Area code0517

Barrum is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland. It is located south of Tzum, of which it is a part administratively. It lies directly to the north of the hamlet of Koum [nl]. It currently consists of two farms on a side road of a road called the Slotwei.

History

Barrum was originally an inhabited terp. The deepest farm would be on part of the mound. The mound was probably excavated around 1925.[2]

The hamlet was first attested as Beerma buren in 1406.[3] In 1427 the hamlet and terp itself was referred to as Berrum. There was a stins on the mound that was referred to as Berma stins in 1433.[4] On a map by Schotanus from 1664 it was mentioned as Barzum,[5] yet this could be a confusion with another hamlet, located a little more south, Barsum [nl]. In 1850 the place was referred to as Barrum, and it is estimated that around that time, 14 people were living in the two farms of the hamlet.[6] The place name could possibly indicate a place of residence (-um) in a muddy land, from the Old Frisian word ber for mud. It could either mean the residence of a person named Bera.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Postcodetool for 8804RB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ^ Kreger, Henk (2006). Beeld van Oud Tzum, een beschrijving met illustraties en kaarten van het dorp Tzum vanaf halverwege de negentiende eeuw (in Dutch). Franeker: Kaldadel. p. 182.
  3. ^ a b Van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018). Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch). Mijnbestseller.nl. ISBN 9789463679176.
  4. ^ "De Stins te Berrum bij Tzum". Stinsen in Friesland (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ^ Schotanus, Christianus. "Friese grietenij landkaarten van Bernardus Schotanus 1664 / Friesland 'county' maps 1664 - FranekerDeel". Schotanus.us. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Franekeradeel". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2023.