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.

Ramsdean Plantation

Early-attested site in the Parish of Findon

Etymology

Ramsdean Plantation (6″) is to be identified with the h (e )remnesdun (BCS 834), Remnesdun (BCS 1125) in bounds of Washington. It means 'raven's hill,' v. hræfn , dun .