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Weekly trading rights were first granted to Wantage by Henry III in 1216. Markets are now held twice weekly, on Wednesday and Saturday.
The name Wantage derives, it is thought, from a Celtic name, something resembling Gwanet-inge, meaning "Dog River".
Wantage has many historic buildings. It has been the site of a church since at least the 10th century, and the present building of the Church of St Peter and St Paul dates from the 13th century, with many additions since. A water-powered mill with an undershot water wheel still stands from the time that Wantage was a major centre of the wool trade following the building of the Wilts & Berks Canal in the late 18th century (at which time Wantage was in Berkshire).
Wantage appears in the great Domesday survey of 1086. Its value was £61 and it was in the King's ownership until Richard I passed it to the Earl of Albemarle in 1190.
Wantage was also later served by a tramway linking it to the Great Western Railway but little trace of this now remains apart from the former station building in Mill Street. The former Wantage railway station was about three miles from the town.
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