Got a road near you known as the "ramper"?

Where does the term come from, google doesn't seem to help me or my search is pants.

"Ramper", according to Google, is an old french word meaning to rise or rear up. So roads that climb an incline?

ramp 1 (rmp)
n.
1. An inclined surface or roadway connecting different levels.
2. A mobile staircase by which passengers board and leave an aircraft.
3. A concave bend of a handrail where a sharp change in level or direction occurs, as at a stair landing.
[French rampe, from ramper, to slope, rise up, from Old French; see ramp2.]


ramp 2 (rmp)
intr.v. ramped, ramp·ing, ramps
1. To act threateningly or violently; rage.
2. To assume a threatening stance.
3. Heraldry To stand in the rampant position.
[Middle English rampen, from Old French ramper, to rear, rise up, of Germanic origin.]
ramp n.

[Edited on 21-7-13 by 40inches]

A52 between Grantham and Boston

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This section of road is known locally as The Ramper, a name from the turnpike era.

[Edited on 21/7/13 by big_wasa]

Tibby ramper Jon ?

There all over, the main road from Bolsover to Clowne is also locally known as the ramper, as is the 617 from Glapwell to Pleasley. Why?

Looking at the info here I'd say it's because the track goes up and down quite a lot

Got a Ramper road here, Flat as a board.

never heard it myself.

Got a mate who lives on that stretch of A617, an old Dr's house behind the bus stop on the Chesterfield bound side, I'll ask him if he knows any history behind it.

Not heard of it either, have seen 'blowers hill' which comes from horse and cart days as the horses breathed heavily dragging anything up them.

Not hear the term before myself

There is a Ramper road in Gainsborough, no idea of the derivation - sorry

Never heard that for any road round here. Got a couple of 'mad-miles' though.