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Ramsdean
Ramsdean, Langrish |
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settlement
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Langrish
Hampshire
SU7022
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HANTSLOC.t
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25inch County Series map -- Hants LX.2 |
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Ramsdean
otherwise: Ramesdene, 1233; Rammesdene, 1248; Ramesdune,
1257; Rammesdon, 1316
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Coates 1989
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.
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old map
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Ramsden
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - East Mean Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
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Harrison 1788
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old map
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Ramsden
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Eastmeane Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
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Morden 1695
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(MRD2SU62.jpg)
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old map
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Ramsden
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Eastmeane Hundred - Hantshire
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Blaeu 1645
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old map
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Ramsden
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Eastmeane Hundred - Hantshire
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Speed 1611
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old map
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Ramsden
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, hamlet - East Meane Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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