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Jon Ison

posted on 21/7/13 at 07:38 PM Reply With Quote
Ramper ?

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.

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40inches

posted on 21/7/13 at 08:05 PM Reply With Quote
"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]






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big_wasa

posted on 21/7/13 at 08:10 PM Reply With Quote
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]

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Peteff

posted on 21/7/13 at 10:39 PM Reply With Quote
Tibby ramper Jon ?





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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Jon Ison

posted on 21/7/13 at 11:57 PM Reply With Quote
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?
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Ninehigh

posted on 22/7/13 at 01:25 AM Reply With Quote
Looking at the info here I'd say it's because the track goes up and down quite a lot






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johnwilders

posted on 22/7/13 at 06:39 AM Reply With Quote
Got a Ramper road here, Flat as a board.
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JoelP

posted on 22/7/13 at 06:44 AM Reply With Quote
never heard it myself.






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r1_pete

posted on 22/7/13 at 08:16 AM Reply With Quote
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.
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mark chandler

posted on 22/7/13 at 08:53 AM Reply With Quote
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.
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nick205

posted on 22/7/13 at 09:25 AM Reply With Quote
Not hear the term before myself






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HowardB

posted on 22/7/13 at 01:29 PM Reply With Quote
There is a Ramper road in Gainsborough, no idea of the derivation - sorry





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daveb666

posted on 23/7/13 at 12:43 PM Reply With Quote
Never heard that for any road round here. Got a couple of 'mad-miles' though.
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