Kaber is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
Etymology The name of Kaber is first attested in the twelfth century as Caberg, Kabergh and similar spellings. The first element comes from Old English or Old Norse , both meaning "jackdaw" and the second from Old English or Old Norse , meaning "hill". Thus the name once meant "jackdaw hill".Victor Watts, The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), p. 337.
Location and topography
The village is located about to the south of Brough. Until the latest boundary changes Kaber was situated in the historic county of Westmorland.
The place-name 'Kaber' is first attested in the Register of the Priory of Wetherhal, circa 1195, where it appears as Kaberge. The name means 'jackdaw hill'.Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.269.
The northern boundary of the civil parish is formed by the River Belah which rises near Kaber Fell to the southeast and flows just north of the village en route to joining the River Eden.
The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Parish record details are maintained in the adjacent parish of Winton.
See also
Listed buildings in Kaber, Cumbria
References
External links Cumbria County History Trust: Kaber (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)