
Black Wantage – Fact or Fiction? A talk presented by the Friends of Uffington Museum
In the early 19th century Wantage was described as ‘a positive sink of iniquity full of drunks, murderers and thieves’. Was it really that bad? Was Wantage any different from the other small market towns at that time? Come along to find out more about the darkest period in Wantage’s history.