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51.589°N 1.427°W. / 51.589; -1.427. Wantage ( / ˈwɒntɪdʒ /) is a historic market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. Although within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974.
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Wantage [wont ɪ dʒ] est une ville de marché et une paroisse civile de l' Oxfordshire, en Angleterre. Elle est située au pied des Berkshire Downs, à 16 km au sud-ouest d' Oxford. Administrativement, elle relève du district de Vale of White Horse et appartenait au comté du Berkshire jusqu'au redécoupage administratif de 1974.
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- Royaume-Uni
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- Angleterre du Sud-Est
Oxfordshire. Wantage is a town in the Vale of the White Horse, near the Thames Valley, in the English county of Berkshire, and about 17 miles (27 km) south-southwest of Oxford. It is famous for being the birthplace of King Alfred the Great.
Wantage, town (parish), Vale of White Horse district, administrative county of Oxfordshire, historic county of Berkshire, south-central England. It is an old market town and the birthplace of the Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the Great (871–899), whose statue stands in the marketplace.
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Tradition asserted it to be the monument of a victory over the Danes by King Alfred, who was born at Wantage, but the site of the Battle of Ashdown (871 CE), has been variously located. Moreover, the figure has been dated to the Bronze Age, so it pre-dates the battle by many centuries.
