Ramsey, Cambridgeshire

Ramsey
Clock on Great Whyte
Ramsey Location within Cambridgeshire
Population	8,479 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	TL2885
District	Huntingdonshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Huntingdon
Postcode district	PE26
Dialling code	01487
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North West Cambridgeshire
Website	ramsey-town.co.uk
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire 52°27′N 0°07′W / 52.45°N 0.12°W / 52.45; -0.12

Ramsey is a market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.^[1] The town is about 9 miles (14 km) north of Huntingdon. Ramsey parish includes the settlements of Ramsey Forty Foot, Ramsey Heights, Ramsey Mereside, Ramsey Hollow and Ramsey St Mary's.

The town grew up around Ramsey Abbey, an important Benedictine monastery. In the order of precedence for abbots in Parliament, Ramsey was third after Glastonbury and St Albans.^[2] The town manor is built on the site of (and using materials from) the ancient Abbey and is the seat of the Lords de Ramsey, major landowners in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. The remains of the Abbey are now home to part of the town's secondary school. Abbey College, Ramsey resulted from the amalgamation of the previous two secondary schools, Ailwyn School and Ramsey Abbey School.