More information : The Ogbournes (St George and St Andrew) formed, from
sometime before 1147, the administrative centre for the
properties of Bec-Hellouin in England, both manors belonging to
the order. The duties were mainly temporal and the name 'Priory'
was applied largely as a legal fiction, though it seems that in
the 13th c there was a small priory in fact as well as in name
(presumably attached to one or other of the manor houses). The
last 'Prior' died in 1404-5, and the property was then granted
to the Duke of Bedford (cf SU 17 SE 34). (1-2)
There are no traces of a priory incorporated into the fabric
of the early 17th century manor house at Ogbourne St George or
visible within the close vicinity of the house. (c.f. Manor
House on site of Benedictine Priory SU 17 SE 34) Ogbourne
St Andrew has no extant manor house. (3)
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