Wantage in the 14th century
Rebel lords, a royal mistress as custodian, a rebuilt nave and the tomb of Sir William FitzWarin: Wantage in the century of…
The History of Wantage
Stories from Wantage, Grove and the villages, from the wantage.com archive.
Wantage in the 15th century
The church gains its hammer-beam roof, choir stalls and new patrons at Windsor, while cloth making and charitable gifts shape the town.
Wantage in the 16th century
Reformation changes, the Earl of Bath's market cross of 1580 and the Town Lands Act of 1597 that gave Wantage its governors…
Wantage in the 17th century
Civil War soldiers, a failing cloth trade, the Stiles almshouses, new schools in the churchyard and the birth of Bishop Joseph Butler.
Wantage in the 18th century
Georgian houses, tanneries and sacking works, a town run by constables and trustees, and a growing reputation as 'Black Wantage'.
Wantage in the 19th century
Enclosure, the canal and railway, the end of tanning, Butler's reforms and the Victorian Market Place with Alfred's statue and the town…
The Scots Guards receive the Freedom of Wantage, 2011
On 21 May 2011 the 1st Battalion Scots Guards paraded through Wantage to receive the Freedom of the town, granted in 2010…