Rampton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rampton
Historical Forms
- Rametone 1086 DB
- Ramentona 1130 P
- Ramet' 1199 FineR
- Rampton t.Hy1 Dugdvi t.Hy2 Ch 1316 FF 1224 Fees 1242
- Raveneston' 1194 CurR
- Ramton 1198,1201 Cur 1236 FF
- Ramtun' 1235 Fees
- Ranton' 1200 FineR
- Raunton c.1540 L
- Rempton 1349 FF
Etymology
This is a difficult name. The Raveneston form undoubtedly refers to this place and the Ramton , Ranton forms may be reductions of earlier hræfn -tun or Rafn-tun , i.e. raven-farm or Ravn -farm, with the ODan name Ravn . If that is the case, Rametona , and still more Ramentona , are irregular, and the whole name becomes an illustration of the danger of always expecting a series of entirely consistent forms.