RAMSBURY, (Wiltshire) on the Kennet, bet. Newbury and Marlborough, was in the Saxons time the see of a Bp. united to Sherborn first, and then translated to Old-Sarum. The manor bel. to Edw. VI. then to the D. of Somerset; and after his attainder to the E. of Pembroke, who built a fine house here. This place is noted for excellent beer, of which there is a great consumption in London; and had, if it has not still, a ch, sc. Mr. Jones has a good seat here.