Wantage

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
market town
administrativeCounty Oxfordshire
birthplaceOf King Alfred the Great
surface form: Alfred the Great
ceremonialCounty Oxfordshire
constituencyWestminster Wantage self-link
country England
distanceToLondon approximately 60 miles west
distanceToOxford approximately 14 miles south-west
district Vale of White Horse
governingBody Wantage Town Council
hasCategory Market towns in Oxfordshire
Towns in Oxfordshire
Vale of White Horse
hasDialCode 01235
hasEducationalInstitution King Alfred’s Academy
hasHeritageStatus historic market town
hasMarketCharter true
hasMuseum Vale and Downland Museum
hasNeighbouringSettlement Charlton, Oxfordshire
Childrey
East Challow
Grove, Oxfordshire
Letcombe Bassett
Letcombe Regis
hasNotablePerson King Alfred the Great
surface form: Alfred the Great

John Betjeman
hasParishChurch Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wantage
hasPostcodeDistrict OX12
hasPostTown WANTAGE
hasRiver Letcombe Brook
hasTransportLink A338 road
A417 road
hasTwinTown Mably
Seesen
historicCounty Berkshire
isMentionedIn Domesday Book survey
surface form: Domesday Book
lieutenancyArea Oxfordshire
locatedIn Oxfordshire
South East England
locatedNear The Ridgeway
Vale of White Horse
nearestRailwayStation Didcot Parkway railway station
surface form: Didcot Parkway
OSGridReference SU3987
region South East England
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST

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OX hasPostTown Wantage
King Alfred the Great birthPlace Wantage
subject surface form: Alfred the Great
South Oxfordshire hasParliamentaryConstituency Wantage
this entity surface form: Wantage constituency
Wantage constituencyWestminster Wantage self-link
West Berkshire hasParliamentaryConstituency Wantage
this entity surface form: Wantage (partly, historically including areas now in West Berkshire)
Wantage Town Council governs Wantage
Wantage Town Council appliesToJurisdiction Wantage
this entity surface form: Wantage civil parish
Grove, Oxfordshire postTown Wantage
East Challow locatedNear Wantage
East Challow hasPostTown Wantage
Childrey near Wantage
Childrey hasPostTown Wantage
Stanford in the Vale near Wantage
Letcombe Regis hasPostTown Wantage
White Horse Hill near Wantage
Letcombe Bassett near Wantage
Letcombe Bassett hasPostTown Wantage
A338 road passesThrough Wantage
A338 road servesTown Wantage
Mably twinTown Wantage
Letcombe Brook flowsThrough Wantage
Letcombe Brook near Wantage
this entity surface form: Wantage town centre
River Ock flowsNear Wantage