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Ogbourne St George, the Post Office c1955
Ogbourne St George, the Church c1955
Ogbourne St George, High Street c1955
Historic maps of Ogbourne St George and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ogbourne St George maps
Historic map of Ogbourne St George
Illustrated Victorian map of Wiltshire
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Devizes Town and City Memories
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Malmesbury Photographic Memories
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Salisbury Pocket Album
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I used to attend the local Ogbourne St. George school where Mr. Bernard Crooks was the headmaster and Mrs. Twelftree was my teacher. There used to be a kitchen attached to the school but that has since been changed to a library.
Shared on 27 March 2007
Mrs.Ball at the Post Office.
Westlecot House (now March House) with the Hayward-Jones family.
Imo H-J and self at fete at the Manor house dressed as Shah of Persia and Aga Khan.
Old Mrs.Ollie home help/cleaner.
Pony called Snowball and being led by mother to Chiseldon Camp (then deserted) to catch newts.
Alf Cooper (of Coopers Metals) at Og St Andrew Manor - interested in horse racing.
Dancing classes in Marlborough.
Breaking my arm and going to Victoria Hospital in Old Town, Swindon!
Happy to hear from anyone with similar memories.
Shared on 01 January 2007
I lived and went to school in Ogbourne St Andrew, I think the headmistress was a Miss Platt and very authoritarian. I always remember school dinners because we were not allowed to leave anything it all had to be eaten. Fried tomato was my nemesis.
We rented the house next to the shop, I remember from a very early age, 8-ish, spending time in the pub (it was the Wheatsheaf then) playing darts with the men, it was more of a social club all those years ago. My gran lived in the last house on the road going towards Marlborough (terrace of about 4!!), after her house was the Green Hut, where all the jumble sales were held. This has been knocked down and a house put on it. Another house has appeared in what would have been Gran's garden.
Mum was a stable-lass and worked in Turnells stables and Gran worked in the Manor House cleaning for Mr Cooper. I do remember it was boring at times as you had no one to play with when you were little.
Jon Watson, aged 49.
Shared on 18 February 2009
welcome to u all from brisbane australia.I have lived here for 38 years,am very happy but chiseldon will always be in my heart.Confirmed ,married and our 4 girls were baptised in chiseldon church.We injoyed the washpool and walking over the fields to coate water,,,happy days.My first dance was like many of us at the british legion hall with david hicks and his band.My special friends were ,nancy angela,wink,josieand shirlry. I have been back many times and enjoy people from my youth.Many of you will remember my mum Anastasia also my sister stacy and virginia who still lives in wroughton.Thanks to wink who introduced me to this site.
Shared on 15 January 2008
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ogbourne St George, inspired by Frith photos.
Marlborough Photographic Memories
This is a typical lodge house of the Ailesbury Estate variety; it bears Gothic features such as the ornate barge-boards and detailing to the eaves. This lodge has fish-scale tiles that were popular in the later 19th century. Labourers work- ing nearby have obviously been drafted in to add a rustic charm to the picture.
Marlborough Photographic Memories
This fine old 17th- century farmhouse, built in a mixture of materials, stone, brick, tile-hanging and long straw thatch, is typical of the area around Marlborough. It was known as Brown’s by 1718. By the middle of the 20th century it was being used as an outhouse, and it was demolished in 1961–2 to make way for more modern farm buildings.
Marlborough Photographic Memories
We are looking towards Back Lane. This is a street mainly of 16th- or 17th- century timber-framed cottages. In the garden of No 2, on the bottom left of the picture, a plague pit was found with the remains of five skeletons, a legacy of the Black Death in 1348- 9. The lady wearing a flat cap looks like she means business!
