Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Remmesber' Hy3 HarlCh

• Remmesbir' 1268 Ass

• Remmesby (sic) 1412 FA

• Remmesburry 1417 ADI

• Remmesbere 1419 Cl 1421 FF 1422 Cl 1442 IpmR

• Remmesbeare 1435 IpmR

• Remmesbury 1455 Cl

• (bosco de) Remesbere 1268 Ass

• Parva Remesbere 1417 Inqaqd

• Remesbury 1285 FA 1436 Fine

• Remesbeare 1436 ib

• Rem(m)ysbury 1438 Sher

• (bosco de) Ramesber' 1258 For

• Rammesbere 1315 1336 Ch 1433 HarlRoll 1438 IpmR

• Rammesbury 1465 Pat

• Ram(e)sbury 1544 Hutch3 1648 SC 1840 TA

• Ramsbury alias Ridge 1795 Boswell

• Ramsbury and Ridge 1870 Hutch3

• Ramsbury 1840 TA

Etymology

Probably 'raven's wood or grove', v. hremn , bearu , or 'Hremn's wood or grove' from an OE  pers.n. Hremn , cf. Renscombe 165, Ramsbury W 287. The second el. shows early alternation, or confusion, with burh (dat.sg. byrig ) 'fortified place', by which it is eventually replaced, cf. Haselbury Bryan 2100. For Ridge , v. Ridge Fm infra . The field called Ramsbury in 1840TA is just N of Berry Fm at ST 739118.