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This page lists some of the many books which have a special bearing on Wantage. They either contain material about Wantage or are written by Wantage authors.

wantage.com encourages the use of local shops to promote the economy of the area. The following Wantage bookshops may be able to obtain the titles for you:

WH Smith, Wallingford Street, Wantage
Vale and Downland Museum Bookshop, Church Street, Wantage

Some of the titles listed are not easily available. Where this is the case we have attempted to indicate so and suggest a stockist.

If you are unable to visit a local shop you can support wantage.com by ordering from amazon.co.uk (we receive a small commission from Amazon). Clicking on the amazon logo below will take you to the amazon.co.uk website

You can also click on some of the amazon logos below to take you straight to that particular book on the amazon website.

THE BOOKS

 

 

 

Alfred Warrior King
John Peddle
Hardcover - 224 pages (22 July, 1999)
Sutton Publishing; ISBN: 0750921056

 

 

 

 

Find King Alfred!
Stewart Ross, Sue Shields (Illustrator)
Paperback - 64 pages (28 February, 1998)
Evans Brothers - Books for Children; ISBN: 0237517884

 

 

 

 

Alfred the Great
David Sturdy
Paperback - 256 pages new edition (8 July, 1996)
Constable Robinson; ISBN: 0094765707

 

 

 

available from the vale and downland museum

 

 

 

Alfred the Great
The Wessex Series

Paperback. 29 pages
£3.99

 

 

 

 

Waylands Smithy and White Horse Hill
Published by Tom Brown's School Museum
Paperback. 16 Pages
£1.50

 

 

 

 

Pub Walks Along The Ridgeway
Charles Whynne-Hammond
Paperback. 96 pages
£6.95

 

 

 

 

Reflected in Wantage
Part two

Kathleen Philip
Paperback. 80 pages

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Revd John Aldworth and his Parish of East Lockinge
John Collins
Hardback. 116 Pages
£3.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER BOOKS - SOURCES/AVAILABILITY NOT KNOWN

 

 

 

 

Great Coxwell - 2000 years of village life
Graham Wright
paperback. 170 Pages
£10

 

 

 

 

Images of England - The Wilts & Berks Canal
Doug Small
Paperback.128 pages
£9.99

 

 

 

 

Images of England - Vale of the White Horse
Nigel Hammond & Jim Brown
Paperback 128 pages
£9.99

 

 

 

 

Images of England - Wantage
Irene Hancock
paperback 128 pages
£9.99

 

 

 

 

Alfred the Great
History of Britain Series

Paperback. 24 Pages
£4.99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ginge to Lockinge - Historical Walk
John Brooks
Paperback. 36 pages
£2.40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wantage Tramway
Reg Wilkinson
Paperback. 96 Pages
£7.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exploring the Ridgeway
Alan Charles
Paperback. 96 pages
£5.95

 

 

 

 

The Thames Path
National Trail Guide

David Sharp
Paperback. 192 pages
£12.99

 

 

 

 

The Thames Path
National Trail Companion

Paperback. 103 pages

 

 

 

 

Oxfordshire Country Walks - Upper Thames and Vale
Mary Webb, Alan Spicer, Allister Smith
Paperback.128 pages
£4.99

 

 

 

 

Reflected in Wantage
Part one

Kathleen Philip
Paperback. 80 pages
£ 5.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Special Street
The history of Grove Street, Wantage

kathleen Philip
Paperback. 110 pages
£5.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A short History of Grove Airfield
Don Summers
Paperback. 60 Pages
£4.50

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