Ramslye Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Frant
Historical Forms
- Remesel 1262 Ipm
- Ramesleye 1271 Ass
- Rammyslee 1333 Ct
- Remesle 1279 Ass
- Remeslegh 1314 Ipm
- Rymeslegh 1279 Ass
- Rymmeslye 1304,1307 Ipm
Etymology
The variation between Ram - and Rem - suggests that this is from OE hræfnes -leage , 'raven's clearing,' or 'clearing of a man named Hræfn ,' hraefn, leah . In view of the alternation between e and a forms it is not possible to suggest that here we have the OE word hramse , 'ramson, wild garlic,' which we find in Ramsey (Hu), v. PN Wo xl.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bayham Abbey
- Cornhill
- Eridge
- Henley House and Wood
- Ruffet Wood
- Shernfold Park
- Stumlets Wood
- Sunninglye
- Verridge Wood