WANTAGE

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Wantage is a historic market town in Oxfordshire, England, best known as the birthplace of King Alfred the Great.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
WANTAGE canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
town
ceremonialCounty Oxfordshire
constituencyWestminster Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)
country England
dialCode 01235
distanceFromLondon approximately 60 miles west
distanceFromOxford approximately 14 miles south-west
governedBy Oxfordshire County Council
Vale of White Horse District Council
Wantage Town Council
hasCategory Birthplaces of monarchs
Market towns in Oxfordshire
Towns in Oxfordshire
Vale of White Horse
hasMarketCharterFrom 13th century
hasMuseum Vale and Downland Museum
hasNearbyHill The Ridgeway
hasNearbyLandmark Uffington White Horse
White Horse Hill
hasNeighbouringTown Abingdon
Didcot
Faringdon
Grove
hasNotableResident King Alfred the Great
surface form: Alfred the Great

John Betjeman
John Betjeman
surface form: Sir John Betjeman

Arthur Lyttelton
surface form: William John Butler
hasParishChurch Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wantage
hasPostTown WANTAGE self-linksurface differs
hasRiver Letcombe Brook
hasSecondarySchool King Alfred’s Academy
surface form: King Alfred's Academy
hasStatus market town
hasTwinTown Mably
Seesen
historicCounty Berkshire
isBirthplaceOf King Alfred the Great
surface form: Alfred the Great

King Alfred the Great
surface form: King Alfred of Wessex
lieutenancyArea Oxfordshire
locatedIn Oxfordshire
South East England
locatedInDistrict Vale of White Horse
osGridReference SU3987
postcodeArea OX
postcodeDistrict OX12
region South East England
twinTownInCountry France
Germany

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wantage hasPostTown WANTAGE
WANTAGE hasPostTown WANTAGE self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Wantage