River Og

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The River Og is a short river in Wiltshire, England.

It rises near the hamlet of Draycot Foliat, and flows south for about Script error: No such module "convert". through Ogbourne St George, Ogbourne St Andrew and Ogbourne Maizey to the eastern edge of Marlborough, where it joins the River Kennet.[1]

The river flows through a gap in the Marlborough Downs, which creates a natural transport route, now followed by the A346 and once used by the Midland and South Western Junction Railway.

The Og's name is a back-formation from Ogbourne, which itself means Occa's stream.[2]

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  2. Glover, J.E.B., Mawer, A. and Stenton, F.M. (1939) Place-names of Wiltshire, p.9

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