Wallingford
Wallingford is a historic market town as well as civil parish situated to the south of Oxford on the River Thames in England. Historically situated in the county of Berkshire, it was transferred to Oxfordshire for the objectives of administration in 1974. Wallingford is positioned 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of Reading, 13 miles (21 kilometres) south of Oxford and 11 miles (18 kilometres) north west of Henley-on-Thames. The town's population was 11,600 in the 2011 census. The community has actually played an important role in English history starting with the surrender of Stigand to William the Conqueror in 1066, which brought about his taking the throne and the production of Wallingford Castle. The castle and also the town took pleasure in royal condition as well as prospered for much of the Middle Ages. The Treaty of Wallingford, which ended a civil war referred to as The Anarchy between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, was signed there. The community after that got in a period of decline after the arrival of the Black Death and also befalling of favour with the Tudor monarchs prior to being gotten in touch with once more during the English Civil War. Wallingford held up as the last remaining 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 ordered its devastation. Since then Wallingford has actually come to be a market town and also centre of local business. At the centre of the community is a huge competitive market square with the battle memorial as well as 17th century arcaded town hall to the south, the Corn Exchange theatre to the eastern and also various shops around the sides. Off the square there are alleyways and streets with more shops and also a number of historical inns. Although it was a village, Wallingford once had 14 churches; currently, there are three ancient churches within the Parish of St Mary-le-More as well as St Leonard, a contemporary Roman Catholic church, a Quaker Meeting House dating from 1724 as well as Baptist, Methodist and also neighborhood churches.
