Wallingford
Wallingford is a historical market town and civil parish located to the south of Oxford on the River Thames in England. Historically situated in the county of Berkshire, it was moved to Oxfordshire for the functions of management in 1974. Wallingford is positioned 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of Reading, 13 miles (21 kilometres) south of Oxford and also 11 miles (18 kilometres) north west of Henley-on-Thames. The community's population was 11,600 in the 2011 census. The town has actually played an important role in English background starting with the abandonment of Stigand to William the Conqueror in 1066, which led to his taking the throne and the development of Wallingford Castle. The castle and the community delighted in royal condition and flourished for much of the Middle Ages. The Treaty of Wallingford, which finished a civil war referred to as The Anarchy between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, was signed there. The town after that got in a period of decline after the arrival of the Black Death and also befalling of favour with the Tudor monarchs before being gotten in touch with once again during the English Civil War. Wallingford held out as the last staying Royalist stronghold in Berkshire prior to surrendering after a 16-week siege. Fearing that Wallingford Castle could be made use of in a future uprising, Oliver Cromwell bought its damage. Since then Wallingford has come to be a market town as well as centre of local business. At the centre of the community is a huge free market square with the battle memorial and also 17th century arcaded town hall to the south, the Corn Exchange theatre to the eastern and also numerous look around the edges. Off the square there are alleyways and also streets with more shops and also a variety of historic inns. Although it was a town, Wallingford when had 14 churches; now, there are 3 old churches within the Church of St Mary-le-More and St Leonard, a contemporary Roman Catholic church, a Quaker Meeting House dating from 1724 and also Baptist, Methodist as well as area churches.