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Thomas Hughes, author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, was baptised in St Mary’s and spent most of his childhood in the village. A memorial tablet in the north wall of the church is commemorated to him.
S of B4507, 7m W of Wantage are the group of sites lying along the Ridgeway, an old prehistoric route.
There is a large Iron Age camp enclosed within the ramparts, a natural mound known as Dragon Hill and the spectacular White Horse, cut from turf to reveal chalk.
Near to the White Horse lies the evocative Neolithic burial site of Waylands Smithy surrounded by a small circle of trees.
It is an unusual site in that two different grave types lie upon the other.
Location: 4 miles south of Faringdon
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- Landmark