English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ramsden, Ramsden Clough, Ramsden Wood (La)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Rames-, Romesden 16 PRHept

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , possibly named from a local family of Rames -,Romesden (16 PRHeptfreq ) , but the surname in question may originate in this p.n. , cf. Ramsden ii, 237supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name