Not bad ...

Actually, after a bit of googling, I turned up a couple of differing opinions:

User Posted Link - although this doesn't actually state that this was why the street was so named

User Posted Link "Rampant Horse Street gained its name from a tavern, but the horse market met here in the fifteenth century". Also: "Maddermarket was the centre of the dying trade, madder being a red pigment" - didn't know that either.

"Rampant" is also a heraldic term - when a horse rears on it's back legs

Posted By: BerlinCanary on May 9th 2005 at 18:56:21

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Just looking at Mr Plunkett's photo site (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 9, 18:06:15
- Heraldic Term taken from a tavern sign (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, May 9, 19:18:44
- Weird looking at the colour photo's... (General Chat) - POA, May 9, 18:58:45
- Well..there was this horse.... (General Chat) - LeonTheNinjaTurtle, May 9, 18:45:20
  - OK, clever bollocks (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 9, 18:46:33
    - Well Some Bloke on Radio Broadland said that .... (General Chat) - Newboro Canary, May 9, 18:51:04
    - Not long before... (General Chat) - LeonTheNinjaTurtle, May 9, 18:47:45
      - Not bad ... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 9, 18:56:21
        
        Where is Evil Whore's End ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Newboro Canary, May 9, 18:59:49
        
        There used to be a.... (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, May 9, 19:02:19
        
        Now how did that get its name ! ;) (n/m) (General Chat) - Newboro Canary, May 9, 19:10:02
        
        Some fascinating stuff here on the origins of the C-word (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 9, 19:09:39
        
        ... with link (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 9, 19:09:58
        
        Berk really the Cockey Rhyming Slang for the C-word ;) (General Chat) - Newboro Canary, May 9, 19:17:01
        
        In particular (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 9, 19:16:08

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