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Posted: 02 Oct 2015

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sunlight on a church tower

sunlight on a church tower
St Peter & St Paul, Wantage, Oxfordshire
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Britain Express - Wantage
www.britainexpress.com/counties/oxfordshire/churches/wantage.htm

There was a church in Wantage at least as early as AD 950, when it is mentioned in the will of a Saxon noblewoman. Alfred the Great was born in Wantage a century earlier and was probably baptised in the same building.

The extremely large and imposing church we see today dates to the 13th century, with much remodelling over the following two centuries. It was heavily remodelled by George Street in the Victorian period, when a large east window was added.

The sheer size of the church is testament to the importance of Wantage as a market town and focal point for the Vale of White Horse...

Church of St Peter and St Paul
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