Ramsey

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Ramsey is a village in Essex

Other current and historical names

Rameseia

Parish/Community: Ramsey and Parkeston
District/Borough: Tendring
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°55'43"N 1°13'0"E
Eastings/Northings: 621260, 230462
OS Grid: TM212304
Mapcode Local: GBR VQV.2FD
Mapcode Global: VHLCF.1SMB

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, par. and vil., Essex, 3 miles SW. of Harwich, 4059 ac. and 466 tidal water and 771 fore-shore, pop. 757; P.O.

Ramsey in the Domesday Book

A village in Tendring hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Kemp
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £15 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 9 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 1 salthouse
- Animals in 1066: 20 cattle; 22 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 49 pigs; 2 cobs; 8 beehives

British Place Names

Ramsey, Essex

Ramsey is a village in Essex

Ramsey in historic gazetteers

Ramsey in the Domesday Book