The Town Lands Act of 1597
An Act of 1597 made twelve governors trustees of Wantage's charity lands, for the poor, the roads and a grammar school; they…
The History of Wantage
Stories from Wantage, Grove and the villages, from the wantage.com archive.
Wantage in the Second World War
RAF Grove and the Americans of Station 519, a tramway worn out by war traffic, and the memorial cross dedicated in 1949.
Wantage in the First World War
How Wantage lived through 1914–18: fundraising, billeted troops, the men who served and the memorials the town built afterwards.
Wantage before the 7th century
From the Uffington White Horse and Segsbury hillfort to Roman farmsteads and the first Anglo-Saxon settlers around Wantage.
Wantage in the 7th and 8th centuries
No document names Wantage before Alfred's day, but archaeology and the wider story of Wessex and Mercia show what the area was…
Wantage in the 9th century
Wantage enters the written record as a West Saxon royal estate and the birthplace of King Alfred, who left it to his…
Wantage in the 10th century
A royal manor after Alfred, charters for neighbouring Charlton, and King Æthelred's council at Wantage in 997, which issued the Wantage Code.
Wantage in the 11th century
The Norman Conquest and Domesday Book: Wantage as a large royal manor of 89 households, with a church, a mill and its…
Wantage in the 12th century
The church is given to the Norman abbey of Bec, Grove goes to Bermondsey, Wantage is listed as a town, and Richard…
Wantage in the 13th century
The FitzWarins take over, the market and fairs are recorded, the Market Place takes shape and the church is rebuilt around its…