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Though the shore to the south of Ramsey is rocky, a stroll along it at low tide was a popular Victorian way of taking some gentle exercise.

Ramsey attained early importance with the foundation of its abbey in 969. It survived for around five hundred years until Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century.

This was one of two viaducts on the Manx Northern line between St John's and Ramsey. The other was at Glen Mooar.

There is also much lovely woodwork within, with misericords reputedly from Ramsey Abbey.

Ramsey

A favourite outing with holidaymakers was to take the Snaefell Mountain Railway to where it crossed the Douglas to Ramsey road at the Bungalow Hotel, and then walk along the road through the valley to

Ramsey Abbey was granted an annual fair here in medieval times; the present day Monday Market is a reminder of those days.

There was also a twice-weekly sailing from Fleetwood to Ramsey via Douglas.

The grid pattern of the streets in the centre of Wells strongly suggests that the town was a planned one, probably by the abbey of Ramsey (in Lincolnshire) which owned it some 700 years ago.

Erected by public subscription in memory of Edward Fellowes, first Baron de Ramsey, it has recently been completely refurbished.

Numerous buildings, including the church, the Royal Oak dining rooms, the Union Hotel and the Alexandra Hotel, indicate the importance of Ramsey harbour as the second largest in the Isle of Man.

The weir is at the junction of the roads to Chatteris and Ramsey. The manor of Warboys was held by the Cromwell family until 1622, when it was sold to Sir John Leman, Lord Mayor of London in 1616.

These beautiful gardens at Abbots Ripton Hall were created by Lady de Ramsey and her gardener.

The west tower was rebuilt in 1547 from the stone of Ramsey Abbey. In the churchyard is the well beside the spring that was said to cure ailments of the eyes.

The garage next to the shop has been replaced by Ramsey Court, and the stone house is now boarded up.

At the time of the Dissolution it was held by Ramsey Abbey. The village was called Ripton until it was owned by the abbey, when and the forename `Abbots` was added.

This beautiful parish church of All Saints was built by the abbot of Ramsey for his manor estate in the late 14th and 15th centuries. The cobble stone walls were all originally plastered.

There was also a twice-weekly sailing from here to Ramsey via Douglas.

All long piers, such as those at Southport, Ramsey in the Isle of Man, and Southend, were equipped with tramways, though the original idea behind them was for the conveyance of passengers, baggage, and

All long piers such as those at Southport, Ramsey in the Isle of Man, and Southend, were equipped with tramways, though the original idea behind them was for the conveyance of passengers, baggage

Ramsey in the 1950s was a thriving Fenland town, but it has now declined. Barclays Bank (right) still stands on the corner of Little Whyte, but the other traders have all gone.

It was owned by the Benedictine monks at nearby Ramsey Abbey, whom the local farmers tended to regard as crooks.

There was also a twice-weekly sailing to Ramsey via Douglas.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul was attached to a nunnery founded by the abbot of Ramsey in c1006 and dissolved in 1537.