Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rampisham

Rampisham (popularly Ransom), par. and vil., Dorset, 5½ miles NE. of Beaminster, 2030 ac., pop. 290; Roman remains have been found, and in the churchyard is a curious cross.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rampisham CP/AP       Dorset AncC
Place names: RAMPISHAM     |     RANSOM
Place: Rampisham

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