Wantage is an attractive market town in the picturesque Vale of White Horse. It is most famous as the birthplace of Alfred the Great. A statue of King Alfred, looking suitably regal, stands in the busy market place. Alfred was born here in AD 849, when Wantage was an important Saxon town. As for the statue, it was commissioned by Lord Wantage, and sculpted in 1877 by Count Gleichen, a relative of Queen Victoria...
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Wantage is an attractive market town in the picturesque Vale of White Horse. It is most famous as the birthplace of Alfred the Great. A statue of King Alfred, looking suitably regal, stands in the busy market place. Alfred was born here in AD 849, when Wantage was an important Saxon town. As for the statue, it was commissioned by Lord Wantage, and sculpted in 1877 by Count Gleichen, a relative of Queen Victoria...