Map sources for Rampton, Nottinghamshire at grid reference SK798785
Rampton, Nottinghamshire lies in the Trent valley north of Nottingham. It is in the Bassetlaw district and relative to neighbouring towns it lies thus: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 134 KB) Usage is: {{GBthumb|135|132|OV000000}} File links The following pages link to this file: Slough Rothwell, West Yorkshire Saltaire Shipley, West Yorkshire Slaithwaite Wallsend Inverurie Mersea Island Laugharne, Wales Tardebigge Hamble-le-Rice Sandgate, Kent Broadway, Worcestershire Brean Down User:RHaworth/sandbox... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. ... Nottingham is a city (and county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ... Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107,713. ...
It is overshadowed by the chimney and cooling towers of Cottam Power Station. Rampton Secure Hospital is 2.3 km = 1.4 miles WSW of Rampton village. There are several places in England named Gainsborough : Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and an area of Ipswich. ... Retford is a market town in northeastern Nottinghamshire, England in the district of Bassetlaw. ... Lincoln (pronounced //) is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England. ... Newark (also Newark-on-Trent) is a town in Nottinghamshire, located on the River Trent. ... Cottam could be Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire Cottam, Nottinghamshire This article consisting of geographical locations is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Rampton Secure Hospital is a high security institution in the village of Woodbeck between Retford and Rampton in Nottinghamshire, England. ...
Rampton is now in the Wapentake of Bassetlaw, but was formerly in that of Oswardbec, which has long since ceased to exist.
It is stated (Testa de Nevill) that he held a knight's fee in Rampton of the Countess of Ewe (of the honour of Tickhill) which she holds of the King of old feoffment.
She married John Stanhope, circa 1374, and by means of this marriage the manor of Rampton passed to the family of Stanhope, having been in possession of the Maulovell family since the middle of the 12th century, that is about 200 years.
Rampton has remained in the hands of the gallant family of Eyre ever since.
In 1645 the gallant soldier was slain in action, and his body was interred at Rampton, where there is a brass inscribed to his memory.
Rampton now belongs to Colonel Eyre, C.B., the much esteemed member for the Gainsborough Division, who was wounded in the attack on the Redan, and was at the siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny.
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