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Encyclopedia: Wantage

Wantage is a town and civil parish in the Vale of the White Horse, near the Thames Valley, in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire). It is most famous for being the birthplace of King Alfred the Great.

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Joseph Butler

Joseph Butler (May 18, 1692 - June 16, 1752) was an English bishop and philosopher. Joseph Butler was born in Wantage, Berkshire, England. In 1736 he was made the head chaplain of King George II's wife Caroline. In 1738 he was made bishop of Bristol. He declined an offer to become the archbishop...

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New Jersey State Highway 284

New Jersey State Highway 284 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. Its termini are at an intersection with New Jersey State Highway 23 in Sussex, New Jersey and the border with New York at Wantage, New Jersey. The designation of this road was NJ 84 until 1966, when Interstate 84 opened...

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Stanford in the Vale

Stanford in the Vale is a large village with approximately 2000 residents situated in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. It lies on the A417 road, four miles from Faringdon and six from Wantage. It is a thriving modern community with numerous active clubs and societies, two...

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Oxfordshire

to the north of Oxford; Witney to the west; Thame and Chinnor to the east; and Abingdon, Wantage... area grew in importance. Alfred the Great was born in Wantage. The university at Oxford was founded in... Wallingford (B) Wantage (B) Witney Woodstock Places of interest Blenheim Palace -- UNESCO World Heritage...

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Hellenic Football League

Pewsey Vale Purton Shortwood United Slimbridge Tuffley Rovers Wantage Town Wootton Bassett Town...

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The Ridgeway

-circle panoramic view at a point on The Ridgeway between Wantage and Uffington, 2004 The path...

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Berkshire

Wantage Faringdon...

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M4 motorway

, Wantage. Membury services. Junction 15: A346 Marlborough, A419 Swindon, Gloucester. Junction 16.... Membury services. Junction 14: A338 Hungerford, Wantage. Unnumbered junction reserved for military use...

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Didcot

Abingdon a little further north, but the landowner Lord Wantage is reputed to have prevented the railway...

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Sussex County, New Jersey

Township Sussex Vernon Township Vernon Valley Walpack Township Wantage Township Regions of New...

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