King Alfred the Great's statue in Winchester is getting its first wash and wax for 10 years. The 105-year-old statue of the former king is undergoing a facelift to remove grime accumulated over the ...

Sculptor Hamo Thornycroft created the statue in 1900 to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Alfred's death. It was unveiled in 1901 and the £5,000 cost was funded by public subscriptions. Work is ...

The statue of King Alfred by W. Hamo Thornycroft, R. A., is one of the largest single figures in bronze ever produced in the United Kingdom. From the base to the tip of the upraised arm measures ...

A statue of King Alfred in Oxfordshire has been vandalised for a second time in less than a year. In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the statue's stone axe was found in pieces at its base in Wantage ...

Police tonight renewed an appeal for witnesses after the statue of King Alfred in Market Place, Wantage was vandalised in the early hours of… ...

An unmarked grave in a quiet English churchyard has been dug up by archaeologists looking for the remains of King Alfred the Great, a ninth century monarch.

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