Barrum
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| settlement_type = Hamlet
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Waadhoeke
| subdivision_type3 = Village
| subdivision_name3 = Tzum
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|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
|access-date = 3 October 2023}}
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| postal_code = 8804
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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 {{ill|Koum, Netherlands|lt=Koum|nl|Koum}}. 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.{{Cite book |url=https://www.bibliotheek.nl/catalogus/titel.292793324.html/beeld-van-oud-tzum--een-beschrijving-met-illustraties-en-kaarten/ |title=Beeld van Oud Tzum, een beschrijving met illustraties en kaarten van het dorp Tzum vanaf halverwege de negentiende eeuw |last=Kreger |first=Henk |publisher=Kaldadel |location=Franeker |page=182 |year=2006 |language=nl}}
The hamlet was first attested as Beerma buren in 1406.{{Cite book |title=Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard |last1=Van Berkel |first1=Gerard |last2=Samplonius |first2=Kees |year=2018 |publisher=Mijnbestseller.nl |isbn=9789463679176 |language=nl}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stinseninfriesland.nl/BerrumStinsTzum.htm |title=De Stins te Berrum bij Tzum |website=Stinsen in Friesland |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=nl}} On a map by Schotanus from 1664 it was mentioned as Barzum,{{Cite web |url=http://www.schotanus.us/Maps/1664_BSS/BSS_1664_FranekerDeel.jpg |title=Friese grietenij landkaarten van Bernardus Schotanus 1664 / Friesland 'county' maps 1664 - FranekerDeel |website=Schotanus.us |last=Schotanus |first=Christianus |access-date=3 October 2023}} yet this could be a confusion with another hamlet, located a little more south, {{ill|Barsum, Netherlands|lt=Barsum|nl|Barsum}}. 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/franekeradeel |title=Franekeradeel |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=nl}} 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.
References
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{{Dutch municipality Waadhoeke}}
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