Ramsdean
Ramsdean, Langrishcounty:
coords:
Hampshire
SU7022
otherwise: Ramesdene, 1233; Rammesdene, 1248; Ramesdune, 1257; Rammesdon, 1316
RAMSDEAN in Langrish
The spread of medieval forms is ambiguous between 'denu'='valley' and 'dun'='hill'; some forms may refer to the hamlet and others to Ramsdean down. Analogies with place names elsewhere suggest that the first element is likely to be Old English 'hraefn'='raven' (or a man's name of the same form), especially in the case of the 'dun'. But it could as well be 'ramm'='ram'. The spellings also suit the form of the Old English word 'hramsa'='ramsons, wild garlic' that appears in place names, as Gover suggests. No certainty is possible.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - East Mean Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Eastmeane Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Eastmeane Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Eastmeane Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, hamlet - East Meane Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
