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Coordinates: 51°27′00″N 1°43′01″W / 51.450°N 1.717°W
Ogbourne St George 
St. George's parish church
Ogbourne St George
Ogbourne St George shown within WiltshirePopulation 478 (2001 census)[1] OS grid reference SU2074 Unitary authority Wiltshire Ceremonial county Wiltshire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Swindon Postcode district SN8 Dialling code 01672 Police Wiltshire Fire Wiltshire Ambulance Great Western EU Parliament South West England Website The Village of Ogbourne St. George, Wiltshire, England List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire Ogbourne Saint George is a village on the River Og about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Marlborough, Wiltshire.
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Manor
In the Middle Ages the manor of Ogbourne St George belonged to the Benedictine Bec Abbey in Normandy. Ogbourne Priory was founded in about 1149 as a daughter house of the abbey.[2] For two hundred years the priory managed all the English estates belonging to the abbey.[citation needed]
The present manor house is built on the site of the priory.[2] The house is Jacobean and the date 1619 is inscribed on one of its chimneystacks.[2] It received some Georgian remodelling, including the current glazing of its windows and probably the hipped roof.[2]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Saint George may be Norman in origin.[2] The three-bay arcade of the south aisle is Early English Gothic and the arcade of the north aisle is slightly later.[2] The church's windows and bell tower are Perpendicular Gothic additions from later in the Middle Ages.[2] The tower has a ring of five bells, with an 18 hundredweight tenor tuned to E-flat. St. George's is now part of the Ridgeway Benefice along with the parishes of Chiseldon with Draycot Foliat and Ogbourne St Andrew with Rockley.[3]
Former railway
The Swindon Marlborough and Andover Railway was built through the parish and opened in 1881, including a new railway station at Ogbourne. The railway company later renamed itself the Midland and South Western Junction Railway. It was made part of the Great Western Railway in 1923 and British Railways closed the line through Ogbourne station in 1961. Part of the line has been obliterated in the Ogbourne St George district by the realignment of the A346 road, but most of the trackbed is now part of National Cycle Route 45.
Amenities
The 17th century Old Crown Inn was a coaching inn and is currently called the Inn with the Well.[4] The village had another public house but this has been converted into the Parklands Hotel.[5]
Ogbourne St George & St Andrew Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School[6] serves Ogbourne St George, Ogbourne St Andrew, Ogbourne Maizey, Rockley and smaller numbers of pupils from Marlborough.
The Ridgeway National Trail passes close to the village.
References
- ^ "Area selected: Kennet (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d8251a33137b414aacb8d5d1a9029f24bf?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790549. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 366
- ^ Ridgeway Benefice: Ogbourne St George
- ^ The Inn with the Well
- ^ Parklands Hotel: Hotel, Restaurant and Bar
- ^ Ogbourne St George & St Andrew VC C of E Primary School
Sources & further reading
- Crowley, D.A. (ed.); A.P. Baggs, Jane Freeman, Janet H. Stevenson (1983). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 12: Ramsbury and Selkley hundreds; the borough of Marlborough. pp. 151–160.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 366. ISBN 0 14 0710.26 4.
Links
- Ogbourne St George Village Website
- British History Online: Victoria County History chapter for Ogbourne St George
- The Sanctuary
- Parish Council
- A Visit to the Ogbourne villages
External links
Media related to Ogbourne St George at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:- Villages in Wiltshire
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