Ramsbury (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ramsbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. In the Census 2001, the parish had a population of 3,257. It lies in the Kennet Valley, near the Berkshire border. The nearest towns are Hungerford, about 4 miles east, and Marlborough, 6 miles west. The much larger town of Swindon is 12 miles to the north. Littlecote Roman Villa is within the parish, but the earliest recorded history of Ramsbury can only be traced back to the Saxons who created the bishopric of Ramsbury in 909 AD. The see was moved to Old Sarum in 1075. The church dates from the 13th century, and has a ghost story: according to local legend, if you count the hundred studs on the north door at midnight, it will open, and the ghost of 'Wild' William Darrell of Littlecote House will come out.