Editing Wallingford, Oxfordshire (section)

=== St Peter's Church ===
[[File:St Peters across the river - geograph.org.uk - 1059396.jpg|thumb|upright|St Peter's Church]]

An earlier church on the site of [[St Peter's Church, Wallingford|St Peter's Church]] was destroyed in 1646 during the siege of Wallingford in the [[English Civil War|Civil War]]. Building of the present church started in 1763, the contractors being William Toovey and Joseph Tuckwell. In 1767 the interior of the church was paved, [[pews]] were added and the exterior was [[stucco]]ed under the supervision of [[Robert Taylor (architect)|Sir Robert Taylor]]. A [[spire]] designed by Taylor was added in 1776–77. A local resident, [[William Blackstone|Sir William Blackstone]], a lawyer and author of the ''[[Commentaries on the Laws of England]]'', took an interest in the building of the spire and paid for the clock face visible from his house. The [[chancel]] was built in 1904, designed by Sydney Stephenson.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hazell|first1=Zoë|last2=Crosby|first2=Vicky|last3=Oakey|first3=Matthew|last4=Marshall|first4=Peter|date=15 November 2017|title=Archaeological investigation and charcoal analysis of charcoal burning platforms, Barbon, Cumbria, UK|journal=Quaternary International|volume=458|pages=178–199|doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2017.05.025|bibcode=2017QuInt.458..178H|issn=1040-6182|doi-access=free}}</ref> The church was declared [[redundant church|redundant]] on 1 May 1971, and was [[Vesting|vested]] in the [[Churches Conservation Trust]] on 26 July 1972.<ref>{{Citation|date=1 December 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u37716|title = Who's Who|chapter = Tilby, Rev. Canon Angela Clare Wyatt, (born 6 March 1950), Diocesan Canon, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, since 2011; Adviser for Continuing Ministerial Development, Diocese of Oxford, since 2011}}</ref> St Peter's is the final resting place of Sir William Blackstone, who is buried in his family vault under the church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-peter-wallingford.html|title=St Peter's Church, Wallingford, Oxfordshire {{!}} The Churches Conservation Trust|website=www.visitchurches.org.uk|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>