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Wantage, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Notes:
Wantage is a market town and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England, about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Abingdon and a similar distance west of Didcot. Wantage was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

Wantage is the birthplace of King Alfred the Great and King Edward the Elder.

History

Wantage was a small Roman settlement but the origin of the toponym is somewhat uncertain. It is generally thought to be from an Old English phrase meaning "decreasing river". King Alfred the Great was born at the royal palace there in the 9th century Wantage appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. Its value was £61 and it was in the king's ownership until Richard I passed it to the Earl of Albemarle in 1190. Weekly trading rights were first granted to the town by Henry III in 1216 Markets are now held twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays

Royalist troops were stationed in Wantage during the English Civil War. The following century, Lord Wantage became a notable local and national benefactor. He was very involved in founding the English Red Cross Society. In Wantage, he paid for a marble statue of King Alfred by Count Gleichen to be erected in the market place, where it still stands today. He also donated the Victoria Cross Gallery to the town. This contained paintings by Louis William Desanges depicting deeds which led to the award of a number of Victoria Crosses, including his own gained during the Crimean War.

Since 1848, Wantage has been home to the Community of Saint Mary the Virgin, one of the largest communities of Anglican nuns in the world. Wantage had two breweries which were taken over by Morlands of Abingdon.

Birth

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID	Tree
1	of Wessex, Koning Alfred	About 849	Wantage, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom	I31091	Veenkoloniale voorouders