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.

Rampson

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Ramson 1422 NB 1770,1784 PR(B)

Etymology

, 1863 OS , Ramson 1422 NB 579, 1770, 1784 PR(B) , named from a local family of Ranson noted 1573–1743 PR(B) 10, 25, 238et freq .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name