Place:


Ogbourne St Andrew  Wiltshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ogbourne St Andrew like this:

OGBOURNE-St. Andrew, or Little Okebourne, a village and a parish in Marlborough district, Wilts. The village stands on a small affluent of the river Kennet, 2 miles N of Marlborough r. station; and has a post-office, of the name of Ogbourne, St. Andrew, under Marlborough. The parish comprises the tythings of Ogbourne, Maisey, and Rockley. ...


Acres, 5, 347. Real property, £5, 408. Pop., 518. Houses, 107. The property is divided among a few. Rockley House was the seat of the late Sir John Smith, and is now the seat of Mr. Tanner. A preceptory of the Knights of St. John was at Rockley. The limits include a considerable portion of Marlborough downs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £160.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. A chapel of ease was formerly at St. Leonard.

Ogbourne St Andrew through time

Ogbourne St Andrew is now part of Kennet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kennet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ogbourne St Andrew itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ogbourne St Andrew, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12041

Date accessed: 19th March 2024


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