Rambridge Family History

From Ramridge End in Stopsley in Luton (Beds), which is recorded as Ramrugg in 1227, and perhaps also to judge from the modern distribution from Ramridge in Weyhill (Hants), which is recorded as Remrigge in 1269 and Rammerugge in 1348, though no medieval bearers have been noted in Hants or Wilts.

The Hants place-name probably derives from Old English hræfn ‘raven’ + hrycg ‘ridge’. The Beds place-name may share this etymology or its first element may be Old English ramm ‘ram, male sheep’.

The consonant cluster -mr- has become -mbr- in the surname, a common development with intrusive -b-.