Wallingford
Wallingford is a historical market community and also civil parish located to the south of Oxford on the River Thames in England. Historically situated in the area of Berkshire, it was moved to Oxfordshire for the functions of management in 1974. Wallingford is located 12 miles (19 km) north of Reading, 13 miles (21 kilometres) south of Oxford and 11 miles (18 kilometres) north west of Henley-on-Thames. The community's population was 11,600 in the 2011 census. The community has played a vital role in English history beginning with the surrender of Stigand to William the Conqueror in 1066, which caused his taking the throne and the production of Wallingford Castle. The castle as well as the community appreciated royal standing and grew for much of the Middle Ages. The Treaty of Wallingford, which ended a civil war called The Anarchy between King Stephen as well as Empress Matilda, was signed there. The town after that went into a duration of decrease after the arrival of the Black Death as well as falling out of favour with the Tudor monarchs before being contacted once more throughout the English Civil War. Wallingford held up as the last staying Royalist stronghold in Berkshire before giving up after a 16-week siege. Fearing that Wallingford Castle could be made use of in a future uprising, Oliver Cromwell ordered its devastation. Since then Wallingford has ended up being a market town and also centre of neighborhood business. At the centre of the town is a huge free market square with the war memorial and 17th century arcaded city center to the south, the Corn Exchange theatre to the eastern and many shops around the sides. Off the square there are alleyways and also streets with even more shops and also a variety of historic inns. Although it was a small town, Wallingford once had 14 churches; now, there are 3 ancient churches within the Parish of St Mary-le-More and St Leonard, a modern Roman Catholic church, a Quaker Meeting House dating from 1724 and Baptist, Methodist and also community churches.