Wikipedia
Ramsbottom is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 17,872. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the River Irwell in the West Pennine Moors, north-northwest of Bury, and north-northwest of Manchester.
Its name is believed to derive from Old English ramm and botm, meaning "valley of the ram". Its Victorian architecture, Pennine landscape and industrial heritage, including the East Lancashire Railway, contribute to heritage tourism in the town.
Ramsbottom is a surname and may refer to:
- Alan Ramsbottom (born 1936), professional racing cyclist from Clayton-le-Moors, England, who twice rode the Tour de France
- Alfred Ramsbottom, American soldier who fought in the American Civil War
- Caleb Ramsbottom (1769–1827), premiere lightweight boxer of the bare-knuckle era in England
- Greg Ramsbottom, Gaelic football player from County Laois in Ireland
- Henry Ramsbottom (1846–1905), English cricketer
- James Ramsbottom, birth name of Charles Melville (1828–1867), Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War, recipient of the Medal of Honor
- John Ramsbottom (engineer) (1814–1897), English mechanical engineer
- John Ramsbottom (mycologist) OBE FLS (1885–1974), British mycologist
- Neil Ramsbottom (born 1945), retired English association football goalkeeper
- Neville Ramsbottom-Isherwood DFC AFC (1905–1950), New Zealand born Royal Air Force test pilot and commanding officer
- Wendolene Ramsbottom, fictional character in A Close Shave, a 1995 "Wallace and Gromit" animated film
Usage examples of "ramsbottom".
I decline to believe that anybody with Ramsbottom blood in them could be guilty of murder.
Lance had gone up to see Miss Ramsbottom, Jennifer had gone to her own sitting-room to write letters, Elaine had been the last to leave the library.
Miss Ramsbottom had said that-said it with significance, too, as though she was giving him a hint.
Miss Ramsbottom was old and forgetful, and yet she might have been right and not Lance.
Edmund was forced to escape Ramsbottom by going up early to change for dinner.
He had thoroughly snubbed the impervious Ramsbottom and poor, sensitive Mr.
Why not the Ramsbottom Codpiece or the Hercules Codpiece or the Bangaclang Codpiece?
Strawberry Fields is registered on the map as an offshoot of Moor Road, which is in Ramsbottom, a godforsaken village on the Northern limits.
Gordon peered towards the counter behind which stood an expectant Mr Ramsbottom senior.
Mr Ramsbottom, and fixed him with the steady stare of one who has seen Jerusalem.
Mr Ramsbottom, the whole suite -- and the whole establishment, and if your daughter comes within the confines of those parameters, Doreen too.
They hold me entranced, Mr Ramsbottom, and I compliment you on your considerable enterprise.