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Welcome to RamseyRamsey, an historic English market-town in the district of Huntingdonshire and the county of Cambridgeshire, and it's outlying villages of Ramsey Forty Foot, Ramsey Heights, Ramsey St Mary's and Ramsey Mereside.Before the fens were drained, Ramsey was an island in the Fens. The Main Street in Ramsey is the Great Whyte which extends right down to the Mere. The Mere used to supply the town with eels, fish and fowl and a means of transport.
The town of Ramsey was built up around the gate of Ramsey Abbey. The Abbey was governed by an Abbot, who in the early years also controlled most of what went on in the Town. Ramsey was visited by King Edward III with his mother and Roger Mortimer. The people of Ramsey accused the Abbots of taking a large amount of the Hugh le Despenser Treasury. The Abbots appealed to the Bishop of Ely for support against the charges. This could be one of the reasons for the omission of Ramsey in the Doomsday Book. Ramsey is one of the five principle towns in the District of Huntingdonshire, the others being the administrative centre of Huntingdon, St Ives home of the Chapel on the Bridge, St Neots the largest town in the County of Cambridgeshire and the Roman town of Godmanchester. We are also constructing our first Huntingdonshire Parish website for Holywell-cum-Needingworth THINK RAMSEY!Use your local shops or you'll lose your local shops!Now, more than ever, YOU need to support your local shops and where possible buy locally made or locally grown products. If you don't you'll loose the opportunity for a very long time and the town will loose lots of jobs. If you manage a local business or other local organisation, then see what we can do to help: Commercial site membership from £25 per yearAllows you to manage on-line your business and contact details, trading times, pictures, news, events and some of your products... Non-profit organisations - membership is FREEMore information
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Follow this link for more Local News News item from Jevstar LimitedYoung LivesWe welcome Young Lives, as new members of our Huntingdonshire websites. They provide representation, advocacy and support services to voluntary and community organisations working with children and young people across the Huntingdonshire District.
News Date: 01/09/2010 11:03
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Are you organising an event in Ramsey?If you are, then you may use the link just below and add the details directly into the Huntingdonshire Event Diary. Forthcoming Events in or around RamseyHow to add a new eventOut of Town Event DRAMA WORKSHOPSEvent venue - Black Theatre @ St Ivo Leisure Centre From 06/09/2010 19:30 until 06/10/2010 21:30 Out of Town Event Huntingdon Farmers MarketEvent venue - Huntingdon Market Place From 10/09/2010 08:00 until 10/09/2010 16:00 Out of Town Event St Neots Farmers MarketEvent venue - St Neots Market Place From 11/09/2010 08:00 until 11/09/2010 13:00 Fen Time TravellersEvent venue - Ramsey Heights Nature ReserveFrom 12/09/2010 11:00 until 12/09/2010 16:00 Out of Town Event Heritage Day 2010Event venue - Buckden Towers From 12/09/2010 13:00 until 12/09/2010 17:00 More forthcoming events in Ramseyv
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