| Ogbourne St George | |
St. George's parish church |
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Ogbourne St George
Ogbourne St George shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 478 (2001 census)[1] |
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| 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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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.
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]
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]
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.
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.
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