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
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 3766
.
It lies in the richly wooded Valr, of See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
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
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
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
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
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
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
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 (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office in 1877-1880
.
The title became See also:extinct at his See also:death in 1900
.
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