The civil parish includes the hamlet of Axford about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Ramsbury, and three smaller hamlets: New Town, close to Ramsbury to the southeast, and Knighton and Whittonditch, both about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east.

Between 1942 and 1946, during World War II, there was a Royal Air Force airfield known as RAF Ramsbury on a ridge of high ground to the south of the village.

The Michaelmas fair slowly lost its original agricultural connections, becoming purely a funfair in 1946 before ceasing in the 1950s.

In Saxon times, Ramsbury was an important location for the Church, and several of its early bishops went on to become Archbishops of Canterbury.

[9] The interior fittings, which include two brass chandeliers dated 1751, are described by Pevsner as "quite an uncommon wealth".

Ramsbury Manor was built in the 1680s by Robert Hooke for Sir William Jones, lawyer, Attorney General and member of Parliament.

The house has two storeys and an attic, with nine bays at the front; to the south is a courtyard of servants' cottages.

[18] It stands in parkland to the west of the village, on the north bank of the Kennet, which has been dammed to form a lake.

[19] Also Grade I listed is Axford Farmhouse, built in the 17th century and altered in the 19th, with an attached 13th-century chapel.

In 1878, Mary Jane Lanfear left £600 to fund apprenticeships for local boys.

For centuries, Ramsbury was known for its Tree[26] – a large wych elm which stood in the Square at the heart of the village.

Photographs from the early 20th century show the Tree in apparently fine health, although perhaps reduced from its former size.

Over the course of the second half of the 20th century, Dutch elm disease had ravaged the native populations of elm species and so an oak sapling (sponsored by Portman Building Society) was sourced from Epping Forest and planted to replace the old tree.

The village's notable residents have included Sir Francis Burdett (1770–1844), a radical Whig politician, and his daughter Angela Burdett-Coutts.

Other owners of the manor include William Rootes (from 1958), industrialist and motor manufacturer;[5] and Harry Hyams (from 1964 until his death in 2015), property developer.