Introduction to our village
Ogbourne St George is a small village located amongst the Marlborough downs -
a designated area of outstanding natural beauty. It sits astride the Ridgeway National Trail, which is claimed to be Britain’s oldest road, and has exceptional access to a wide network of paths and trails.
The village can trace it’s history back to Saxon times and the Doomsday book records it as a valuable estate in 1066. Today it’s a quiet village, still possessing a large number of thatched cottages, a large medieval church and a manor house. The village also has a small primary school, village hall, pub and hotel although it’s unable to support a village shop or post office any more.
The population of the village has been very stable for the past two hundred years at around 500 residents. During WW2 and for a while after, a military camp boosted the census up to 1500.