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Ramsgate

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Ramsgate, South Africa, UK 1. South Africa (KwaZulu‐Natal): founded in 1922 just south of Margate and named after the Ramsgate in England to mirror the English pair of towns.2. UK (England): formerly Remmesgate ‘Raven's Gap’, a reference to the gap in the chalk hills which leads to the sea, from the Old English hræfn ‘raven’ and geat ‘gap’ or ‘pass’. What the ‘raven’ meant is not clear and it may have simply been a personal name.

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Ramsgate

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Ramsgate , town (1991 pop. 36,678), in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, SE England. Ramsgate is a resort and yachting harbor. The town began as a fishing settlement, and extensive trade with Baltic ports developed early in the 18th cent. Queen Victoria lived there as a young princess. Examples of Regency architecture are prevalent. During World War II troops that were evacuated from Dunkirk (1940) landed at Ramsgate. Caves in the cliffs provided bombproof shelters during the war.

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Ramsgate

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Ramsgate Kent. Remmesgate 1275. ‘Gap (in the cliffs) of the raven, or of a man called *Hræfn’. OE hræfn or pers. name + geat.

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