Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8AT

Date of visit: 28th Dec 2021

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wantage is a historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England. Historically, part of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974. The town is on Letcombe Brook, about 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Abingdon, 24 miles (39 km) north-west of Reading, 15 miles (24 km) south-west of Oxford and 14 miles (23 km) north north-west of Newbury.

Wantage was a small Roman settlement but the origin of the toponym is somewhat uncertain. It is generally thought to be from an Old English phrase meaning “decreasing river”. King Alfred the Great was born at the royal palace there in the 9th century, in what was originally known as Wanating. Wantage appears in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Internal ref number: ON/174/130

Date of Visit: 28th Dec 2021

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: B
Crown: Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Defrib
Phone Number (if known):

Northing & Westing: 51°35’18.5″N, 1°25’32.6″W
what3words: pods.remark.stylists
Grid Reference: SU 39883 87891
OS X & Y: 187891, 439883
Latitude & Longitude: 51.588468, -1.425716
UK Postcode: OX12 8AT
County: Oxfordshire


Listed Status: Historic Eng. Ref. 1052765 29/06/1988