Ogbourne St Andrew is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

and small village in

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

, England, north of

Marlborough Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral ...

. The parish is on the banks of the

River Og The River Og is a short river in Wiltshire, England. It rises near the hamlet of Draycot Foliat, and flows south for about through Ogbourne St George, Ogbourne St Andrew and Ogbourne Maizey to the eastern edge of Marlborough, where it joins ...

and includes the hamlets of Ogbourne Maizey and Rockley.

History

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...

of 1086 recorded a relatively large settlement of 71 households at ''Ocheborne'', corresponding to the later manors of St Andrew and St George.

Ogbourne Priory Ogbourne Priory was a priory in Wiltshire, England, from the 12th century until the early 15th. There may have been a priory building in the 13th century, perhaps attached to the manor house at either Ogbourne St Andrew or Ogbourne St George; bo ...

was a dependency of Bec Abbey in Normandy from the 12th century until the early 15th; there may have been a priory building in the 13th century but later the priory existed only as a legal name for the administration of the Bec estates in England.

Parish church

OGBOURNE ST ANDREW, Wiltshire - geograph

The Anglican Church of St Andrew has 12th-century origins and work from that century survives in the north door (with chevron hoodmould) and details of the arcades; the

piscina A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. For Roman Ca ...

at the south side is a re-used capital. The chancel (with south door) was built in the 13th century. In the 15th century the west tower was inserted, and the church was re-roofed and the clerestory added. The tower has a ring of five bells including a tenor cast c.1450. The church was restored by

William Butterfield William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900) was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement (or Tractarian Movement). He is noted for his use of polychromy. Biography William Butterfield was born in Lon ...

in 1847–49 and was recorded as Grade I listed in 1958. Today the parish is part of the

Ridgeway Benefice The Ridgeway Benefice is a group of parishes in Wiltshire, England, to the north of Marlborough. The parishes are: Holy Cross Chiseldon with Draycot Foliat; Ogbourne St Andrew, which also serves the hamlets of Ogbourne Maizey and Rockley; and ...

which also covers

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 la ...

and

Chiseldon Chiseldon is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It takes its name from the Old English cisel dene, or gravel valley, being noted in the Domesday Book as ''Chiseldene''. The village lies on the edge of ...

. In the churchyard there is a round barrow, excavated in 1880 by Henry Cunnington.

Other buildings

Rockley had a chapel of ease in the 13th century, dedicated to St Leonard; it was demolished in the 16th century. A new chapel of All Saints was built in 1872 and closed in 1961. Rockley Manor dates from the 18th century and is Grade II* listed.

Former railway

The

Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) was an independent railway built to form a north–south link between the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway in England, allowing the Midland and other companies' tr ...

was built through the Og valley in 1881. Ogbourne station was at Ogbourne St George; a siding at Ogbourne St Andrew was used by the nearby horse stables. The line was closed in 1961.

Amenities

Local primary-level children usually go to the school in Ogbourne St George or to

References

External links

Parish website

Parish history group
* {{authority control Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire