The village of Ramsden Crays is between Little Burstead and Wickford, and includes Crays Hill.  It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ‘Ramesdana’.

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It appears that ‘Ramsden’ means ‘garlic valley’, or ‘rams valley’ as suggested on Wikipedia.  In 1257 Simon de Creye took over the area.

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