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.

Ramesham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Etymology

Ramesham (lost, near Bluntshay supra ), Ramesham 1244, 1268, 1280Ass all (p), 1397AddCh , 1409, 1410HarlCh , 1440 Cl, Rammeshameslond iuxta Blondeleshegh 1358HarlCh , Ramsamys 1433HarlRoll , Hr Ransom & Gt Ransom 1843TA , identical in origin with Rampisham par. supra , v. land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement