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.

Rampart Hill

Field in the Parish of Great Casterton

Historical Forms

  • 0000 Burghley

Etymology

Rampart Hill*(poss. the result of popularetymology acting on Rampittes infra, otherwise dial. rampart'a causeway')

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement