Wantage

As boys, they had called Wantage "Slotface," and tormented him; but he had grown up strong and ferocious, which had decided them to adopt a more tolerant attitude toward him.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

Mr Hetherington wants Woolworths 'window to be brightened up with a huge photograph of the famous white horse, but in a sedate town such as Wantage this bold idea is not to everyone's taste, and some councillors object to paying £740 for the image to be installed.

Home | Mail Online 2009

Her body is believed to have been found close to the side of a road near Wantage in Oxfordshire, 20 miles from Swindon.

Police find body of Sian O'Callaghan and search for another nearby 2011

I searched for my own constituency of Wantage and within seconds had 42,000 results – an indication of the breadth and variety of material featured.

British Library's early newspaper archive goes online 2011

Hardyston's employees now take care of recycling in neighboring Hamburg and cut the grass for the board of education in nearby Wantage.

Dealing With New Jersey Cuts Clifford Marks 2010

I once picked some jolly big horse mushrooms from around the war memorial that sits on the downs above Wantage.

Puff The Magic Mushrooms Peter Ashley 2008

Turn off M4 at Junction 14, and take the A338 right toward Wantage.

Enjoy the Ride 2010

I came to the main road and dismounted to walk the horse across, needing to open and shut gates on either side but, that done, I was free on the wide lands south of Wantage, with five or six miles available in most directions to find a suitable string of horses to attach myself to and follow.

They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

Leaving Wantage, take the B4507 and head toward the Uffington White Horse, a prehistoric hill figure.

Enjoy the Ride 2010

Wantage is a pretty market town, and the birthplace of ninth-century West Saxon monarch King Alfred.

Enjoy the Ride 2010