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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 304 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WANTAGE  , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Abingdon See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Berkshire, See also:England . Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 3766 . It lies in the richly wooded Valr, of See also:White See also:Horse, in a hollow at the See also:foot of the steep hills which border the Vale on the See also:south, 2 M . S. of Wantage Road station on the See also:Great Western railway, with which a See also:steam See also:tramway connects it . The See also:church of St See also:Peter and St See also:Paul is cruciform, and as a whole Perpendicular in See also:appearance, but retains a See also:nave See also:arcade and ornate See also:tower-See also:arches of the See also:Early See also:English See also:period . The See also:font is a See also:fine specimen of the same See also:style; and there is beautiful woodwork in the See also:chancel . An See also:altar-See also:tomb in See also:alabaster of 1361, and a fine See also:brass of 1414, commemorate members of the See also:family of Fitzwarren . There are other See also:brasses of the 15th and 16th centuries . The neighbouring See also:building of the See also:grammar school preserves a See also:Norman See also:door from another church, which formerly stood in the same See also:churchyard with St Peter's . In the broad market-See also:place is a great statue of See also:King See also:Alfred, executed by See also:Count See also:Gleichen and unveiled in 1877 ; for Wantage is famous as the birthplace of the king in 849 . The town has a large agricultural See also:trade and ironworks . The See also:title of See also:Baron Wantage of Lockinge was taken in 1885 by See also:Sir See also:Robert Loyd-See also:Lindsay (b .

1832) on his See also:

elevation to the See also:peerage . He was the son of See also:General See also:James Lindsay of Balcarres, but took the additional surname of Loyd in 1858 on marrying the heiress of See also:Lord See also:Overstone, the banker; he fought with his See also:regiment the Scots See also:Fusilier See also:Guards in the See also:Crimea and won the V.C., retiring as See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel . He was M.P. for Berks from 1865 to 1885, and was See also:financial secretary to the See also:War See also:Office in 1877-1880 . The title became See also:extinct at his See also:death in 1900 .

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