English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Ranscombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Sherford

Historical Forms

  • Rammescumb 1281 Ass
  • Raunnescombe 1312 BM
  • Ramescombe 1316 Ass

Etymology

is Rammescumb 1281Ass , Raunnescombe 1312 BM, Ramescombe 1316Ass (p) . ' Ram's valley , ' v. cumb . Alternatively Ram ( OE ramm ) may here have been a pers. name .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement