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Ogbourne Railway Station
Ogbourne railway station was on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway in Wiltshire, England. The station opened on 27 July 1881 on the to Marlborough Low Level railway station, Marlborough section of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway. In 1883, a northwards extension, the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway, opened from Swindon Town to , with further northward extension to a junction with the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway, Cheltenham to Banbury line near opening in 1891, enabling through trains from the Midlands to the south, through Ogbourne. The SM&AR and the S&CER had in 1884 amalgamated to form the M&SWJR. History Ogbourne station was sited on a curved section of track to the north of the village of Ogbourne St George. The station had a passing loop on the single track line, and this loop was lengthened by troops during the Second World War to handle the long trains and considerable movements on this railway that milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogbourne St George
Ogbourne St George is a village and civil parish on the River Og about north of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. History Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a relatively large settlement of 71 households at ''Ocheborne'', corresponding to the later manors of St Andrew and St George. In the Middle Ages the manor of Ogbourne St George belonged to the Benedictine Abbey of Bec in Normandy. Ogbourne Priory was founded in about 1149 as a daughter house of the abbey.Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 366 For some two hundred years the priory managed all the English estates belonging to the abbey. During World War II the address of the manor house was used atop a fictitious headed letter from 'Pam' to 'Major Martin' as a part of Operation Mincemeat, a disinformation strategy, the idea being that 'no German could resist the "Englishness" of such an address'. Buildings The present manor house is built on the site of the priory and is Grade II* listed. The house is Jacobean and the date 1619 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |