Ramsey, Cambridgeshire

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Ramsey is a town in Ramsey , Cambridgeshire

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ramsey within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ramsey in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ramsey.-- market town and par. with ry. sta., Huntingdonshire, 5½ miles SE. of Holme by rail and 10 NE. of Huntingdon by road, 16,196 ac., pop. 4617; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. Ramsey took its name from an "eye, or island, in a lake which once existed here; it arose round an ancient abbey founded in 969, suffered from plague in 1666, and from fire in 1731; near the town is Ramsey Abbey, seat; Ramsey Mere, 2½ miles NE., is now entirely drained, and produces heavy crops of wheat.

Ramsey in the Domesday Book

A village in Hurstingstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

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