The Ridgeway Benefice is a group of parishes in

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, 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 Ogbourne Maizey is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England north of the town of Marlborough and south of the village of Ogbourne St. Andrew. The hamlet is in the civil parish of Ogbourne St. Andrew, on the banks of the River Og. A map of 1773 shows an ...

and Rockley; and Ogbourne St George. The benefice is part of the Marlborough Deanery in the

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of the

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, which is part of the

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. The benefice is run by Reverend Roger Powell.

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* Church of England benefices Diocese of Salisbury {{anglican-stub