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Statue of Alfred the Great

statue in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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Also known as Statue of Alfred the Great, Wantage, Statue of King Alfred

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Country: United Kingdom
Inception: 1877

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The statue of Alfred the Great, in the Wantage market place, was sculpted by Count Gleichen, a relative of Queen Victoria's, and unveiled on 14 July 1877 by the Prince and Princess of Wales. It was presented to the town by Robert Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage. It depicts the 9th-century King Alfred the Great, who was born in the town.

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