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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rams Close

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • The Raineclose (sic) 1640 WillY
  • (the) Ramsclose 1654,1701 PRBrn

Etymology

, The Raineclose (sic)1640 WillY, (the ) Ramsclose 1654, 1701PRBrn , v. ramm , clos .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name