Ralph’s Hole, chasm, near Bolt Tail, Devon.

Ralston, seat, Abbey par., Renfrewshire, 1% mile E.
of Paisley.

Ram Head, S. co. Waterford, on NE. side of
Youghal Harbour.

Ranie, coast par. and vil., Cornwall, 4 miles SW. of
Plymouth, 1261 ac., pop. 852; Rame Head is the
nearest land to the Eddystone Lighthouse.

Ramelton, co. Donegal; P.O., T.o. SeeRathmelton.

Rauiillics Cove, at Bolt Tail, Devon; here the
Ramillies frigate was wrecked in 1760, with the loss of
the greater part of the crew.

Rammerscales, seat, Dalton par., Dumfriesshire, 3%
miles S. of Lochmaben.

Ramoan, coast par., N. co. Antrim, 12,066 ac., pop.
3424; contains Ballycastle.

Ramor, Lough, bar. Castlerahan, SE. co. Cavan; 4
miles by 1 mile.

Ramornle, seat, Kettle par., Fife, near Ladybank
Junction.

Ramoth, vil., Kilmadock par., Perthshire, 3 miles
SE. of Thornhill.

Rampishain (popularly Ransom), par. and vil.,
Dorset, 5% miles NE. of Beaminster, 2030 ac., pop. 290;
Roman remains have been found, and in the church-
yard is a curious cross.

Ramps Holm, wooded island, in Derwent Water,
Cumberland.

Rampsgill, valley, Westmorland, between High
Street and Ullswater.

Rampsholme, hamlet, Grinton par., North-Riding
Yorkshire, 1 mile NE. of Muker.

Rampslde, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Dalton
in Furness par., N. Lancashire, on the coast, near Piel
Pier sta., pop. 505 ; P.O.; is a bathing-place.

Rampton.—par. and vil., in co. and 7 miles NW. of
Cambridge, 1312 ac., pop. 232.-2. Rampton, par. and
vil., Notts, 6% miles SE. of East Retford, 2155 ac., pop.
357; P.O.; near vil. is Rampton House, seat.

Ram’s Island, in Lough Neagh, SW. co. Antrim, 4
miles SW. of Crumlin, 25 ac., pop. 5; has an ancient
round tower.

Ramsayclengb, hamlet, Ettrick par., Selkirkshire,
on Ettrick Water, 18 miles SW. of Selkirk; P.O.

Ramsbottom, manufacturing town with ry. sta., Bury
par., SW. Lancashire, on river Irwell, 4 miles N. of
Bury, 290 ac., pop. 5242; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks ; here the
first Sir Robert Peel established calico-printing.

Kamsbury.—par. and vil., Wilts, on river Kennet,
5 miles NW. of Hungerford, 2742 ac., pop. 2329; P.O.,
T.O.; malting, brewing, and tanning are carried on; from
920 till 1058 it was the seat of the Bishops of Wilts;
near vil. is Kamsbury Manor, seat.—2. Ramsbury,
hundred, Wilts, 17,254 ac., pop. 3234 ; contains 3 pars.

Ramsdale.—eccl. dist. and vil., Monk Sherborne,
Tadley, and Wootton St Lawrence pars., Hants—dist.,
pop. 499; vil., 5 miles NW. of Basingstoke; P.O.,
called Ramsdcll. — 2. Ramsdale, hamlet, Whitby
par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SE. of Whitby.

Ramsdell Hall, seat, 3 miles SW. of Congleton,
Cheshire.

Ramsden, township, Shipton under Wychwood par.,
Oxfordshire, 3% miles N. of Witney, 920 ac., pop. 435.

Ramsden Bellbouse, par. and vil., Essex, 3 miles
E. of Billericay, 2699 ac., pop. 396; P.O. at Ramsden
Heatb, 1% mile N. of vil.

Ramsden Grays, par. and vil., Essex, on river
Crouch, 1 mile SW. of Ramsden Bellhouse, 1457 ac.,
pop. 226.

Ramsey.—market town and par. with ry. sta., Hunt-
ingdonshire, 5% miles SE. of Holme by rail and 10 NE.
of Huntingdon by road, 16,196ac., 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, 2% miles NE., is now entirely drained, and pro-
duces heavy crops of wheat.—2. Ramsey, seaport town
withry. sta., Lezayre and Maughold pars., Isle of Man,
on NE. coast, on shore of Ramsey Bay, and at mouth
of river Sulby, 14 miles from Douglas and 18 by rail
NE. of Peel, pop. 4025; P.O., T.O., 3Banks. Ramsey is a

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