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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.

Ramsden

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, 1726 HAS 17, 220 , ' ram's valley ' , v. ramm , denu ; the Ramsden family , numerous in the district ( PRHfx passim ) , may have taken their name from this place .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name