The River Og is a short river in
Wiltshire
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, England.
It rises near the hamlet of
Draycot Foliat, and flows south for about through
Ogbourne St George,
Ogbourne St Andrew and
Ogbourne Maizey to the eastern edge of
Marlborough
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, where it joins the
River Kennet
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.
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
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.
The Og's name is a
back-formation
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from Ogbourne, which itself means ''Occa's stream''.
[Glover, J.E.B., Mawer, A. and Stenton, F.M. (1939) ''Place-names of Wiltshire'', p.9]
References
Rivers of Wiltshire
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