Editing Wallingford, Oxfordshire

{{Short description|Town in Oxfordshire, England}}
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| population_ref           = <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxford.gov.uk/districtdata/downloads/file/61/south_oxon_census_2011_summary_leaflet|title=District Data Service – South Oxon Census 2011 summary leaflet|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>
| civil_parish             = Wallingford
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| constituency_westminster = [[Didcot and Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)|Didcot and Wantage]]
| website                  = [http://www.wallingford.co.uk/ Wallingford Town Council]
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'''Wallingford''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɒ|l|ɪ|ŋ|f|ər|d}}) is a historic [[market town]] and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] on the [[River Thames]] in [[South Oxfordshire]], [[England]], {{convert|12|mi|km}} north of Reading, {{convert|13|mi|km}} south of Oxford and {{convert|11|mi|km}} north west of [[Henley-on-Thames]]. Although belonging to the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Berkshire]], it is within the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of [[Oxfordshire]] for administrative purposes (since 1974) as a result of the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. The population was 11,600 at the [[United Kingdom 2011 census|2011 census]].<ref name="auto"/>

The town has played an important role in English history starting with the surrender of [[Stigand]] to [[William the Conqueror]] in 1066, which led to his taking the throne and the creation of [[Wallingford Castle]]. The castle and the town enjoyed royal status and flourished for much of the [[Middle Ages]]. The [[Treaty of Wallingford]], which ended a civil war known as [[The Anarchy]] between [[Stephen, King of England|King Stephen]] and [[Empress Matilda]], was signed there. The town then entered a period of decline after the arrival of the [[Black Death]] and falling out of favour with the [[House of Tudor|Tudor]] monarchs before being called on once again during the [[English Civil War]]. Wallingford held out as the last remaining [[Royalist (cavalier)|Royalist]] stronghold in [[Berkshire]] before surrendering after a 16-week siege. Fearing that Wallingford Castle could be used in a future uprising, [[Oliver Cromwell]] ordered its destruction.

Since then Wallingford has become a [[market town]] and centre of local commerce. At the centre of the town is a [[market square]] with the [[war memorial]] and [[Wallingford Town Hall]] to the south, the [[Corn Exchange, Wallingford|Corn Exchange]] theatre to the east and numerous shops around the edges. Off the square there are alleyways and streets with more shops and a number of historic [[public house|inns]].<ref name=":8">{{cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/wallingfordhistorygateway/Home/sites/pubs|title=Wallingford History Gateway|access-date=2 December 2011}}</ref> Although it was a small town, Wallingford once had 14 churches; now, there are three ancient churches within the [[Parish]] of [[St Mary-le-More, Wallingford|St Mary-le-More]] and [[St Leonard]], a modern [[Roman Catholic]] church, a [[Quaker Meeting House]] dating from 1724 and [[Baptist]], [[Methodist]] and community churches.

==Etymology==
The place-name first appears as ''Wælingford'' in a [[Saxon]] [[charter]] of 821, as ''Welingaford'' around 891 and as ''Walingeford'' in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086. A number of etymologies have been proposed and the name has been the subject of debate for centuries.

Both [[William Camden]] and [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]] state that the modern English name ultimately derives from a preexisting [[Brittonic languages|Brythonic]] name for the site. Camden gives this name as "Gual Hen", with Lewis giving "Guallen", with [[sound changes]] meaning the word became "Walling" in [[Old English]] with the element "ford" being suffixed at a later time. If either derivation is correct, the modern English name would mean "ford at the old fortification".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kirby Hedges |first1=John |title=A Short History of Wallingford, Ancient, MediævalA Short History of Wallingford, Ancient, Mediæval, and Modern, and Modern |date=1893 |publisher=John Kirby Hedges |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lacLAAAAYAAJ&q=wallingford}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Samuel |title=A Topographical Dictionary of England |date=1848 |location=London |pages=440–444 |edition=Seventh |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp440-444#h3-0011 |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref> [[Eilert Ekwall]] and [[John Richard Green]] derive Wallingford as the ford of "[[Walhaz|Wealh's or Walhaz people]]", meaning "Ford of the Welsh people" ([[Ancient Britons|British speaking Celts]]).<ref>Eilert Ekwall, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.493.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=John Richard |title=The Making of England |date=1881 |publisher=Macmillan |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlRAAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>

==History==
=== Early history ===
[[File:Wallingford castle ruins.jpg|thumb|Ruins in the Wallingford Castle Gardens]]
Wallingford developed around an important [[Ford (crossing)|crossing point]] of the [[River Thames]]. There is evidence of [[Roman people|Roman]] activity in the area who have left traces of occupation, burials, roads, coins and pottery. The [[Anglo-Saxons]] built the first settlement. Wallingford has been fortified since the [[History of Anglo-Saxon England|Anglo-Saxon period]] when it was an important fortified borough of [[Wessex]] with the right to [[mint (coin)|mint]] royal coinage. It was enclosed with substantial earthworks by King [[Alfred the Great]] in the ninth century as part of a network of fortified towns known as [[burh]]s, or burghs, to protect Wessex against the [[Vikings]]. These defences can still be clearly discerned as a group of four roughly square areas around the centre of the town and are well-preserved. Wallingford became the chief town of [[Berkshire]] and the seat of the county's [[Ealdorman]].

=== Medieval period ===
During the [[Norman Conquest]] in 1066, the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] lord [[Wigod]] allowed [[William the Conqueror]]'s invading armies into Wallingford to rest and to cross the [[Thames]] unopposed. It was in Wallingford that [[Stigand]] the [[Archbishopric of Canterbury]] surrendered and submitted to William, thereby all but ending opposition to William's ascent to the throne. From Wallingford, William with Stigand and his armies rode east to [[Berkhamsted]], where he received the final surrender from Edgar and the rest of the English leadership before marching on [[London]] for his coronation on [[Christmas Day]]. At that time, the river at Wallingford was the lowest point at which the river could be [[Ford (river)|forded]]. The town subsequently stood in high favour with the [[Normans#England|Normans]] as [[Wallingford Castle]] was built soon afterward on the orders of William, and became a key strategic centre controlling the Thames crossing and surrounding area.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Steane |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEUBe4RnX_sC |title=Oxfordshire |date=1996 |publisher=Pimlico |isbn=978-0-7126-6199-7 |pages=123 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 lists Wallingford as one of only 18 towns in the kingdom with a population of over 2,000 people.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

==== Establishment of Wallingford Priory (1097) ====
[[Wallingford Priory]], also known as Holy Trinity Priory, is believed to have stood on the site of the Bull Croft recreation ground off the High Street. This [[Benedictine]] [[priory]] was established on land granted to [[St Albans Abbey]] in 1097 by [[Henry I of England|Henry I]], and [[Geoffrey de Clinton|Geoffrey the Chamberlain]] gave the priory to [[St Albans]] Paul, 14th Abbot of St Albans, who sent some of his [[monk]]s to establish a cell there. Wallingford Priory produced the mathematician [[Richard of Wallingford]] and the chronicler John of Wallingford.

==== The Anarchy and King John (12th century) ====
Wallingford provided refuge for the [[Empress Matilda]]'s party during the [[The Anarchy|civil war]] that began after her father [[Henry I of England|Henry I]]'s death. After the fall of [[Oxford Castle]] to [[Stephen, King of England|Stephen]] in 1141, Matilda fled to Wallingford, according to some historic accounts in the snow under a moonlit sky.<ref name="VCH">''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43256 The Borough of Wallingford: Introduction and Castle]'', A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 (1923), pp. 517–531. Retrieved 26 April 2011.</ref> [[Wallingford Castle]] was besieged unsuccessfully a number of times, with the [[Treaty of Wallingford]] ending the conflict there in November 1153.

The town was granted a [[Royal Charter]] in 1155 by the new king, [[Henry II of England|Henry II]], being the second town in [[England]] to receive one.

During Prince John's unsuccessful revolt against his brother King [[Richard I of England|Richard I]] whilst Richard was involved with the [[Third Crusade]], John seized [[Wallingford Castle]] in 1189. The rebellion failed, and John was forced to return the castle to the king's administrators.<ref name="VCH" /> [[John of England|King John]] reclaimed the castle after his inheriting the crown in 1199. John modernised, fortified and greatly enlarged the Castle and used it extensively during the [[First Barons' War]].<ref name="VCH" />

==== Decline (13th–15th centuries) ====
The town declined in importance from the mid-13th century, when its size and population reduced. The town received a further blow when plague arrived in 1343. It severely damaged the town and its population; the number of churches declined from eleven (during the reign of King Henry II) to only four by the 15th century.<ref name=":1" /> The castle declined subsequently, much stone being removed to renovate [[Windsor Castle]].

The road from [[London]] to [[Gloucestershire]] passed through Wallingford, and the town flourished as a trading centre throughout most of the [[Middle Ages]]. The road was diverted, and a bridge was constructed at [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]]. The opening of [[Abingdon Bridge]] and loss of traffic that the road had brought caused the town to enter a steep economic decline.<ref name=":1" />

==== Catherine of Valois and Owen Tudor (1422) ====
[[File:Catherine de Valois (1401-1437).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Catherine of Valois]]]]
In 1422 Wallingford and its castle was granted to [[Catherine of Valois]], widowed Queen of [[Henry V of England|Henry V]]. Catherine lived at Wallingford with her son [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]], who was tutored there. While she lived at Wallingford, Catherine met [[Owen Tudor]], whom she later married in secret. Catherine and Owen's eldest son [[Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond|Edmund Tudor]] fathered [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] who defeated [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] at [[Battle of Bosworth|Bosworth Field]] and founded the [[House of Tudor|Tudor Dynasty]].

=== The Tudor dynasty (1485–1603) ===
One of the last documented uses of Wallingford as a royal residence was during 1518. Letters between [[Thomas Wolsey|Cardinal Wolsey]] and his secretary [[Richard Pace]] discuss [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]]'s dissatisfaction with Wallingford and his desire to move on.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=The Victoria history of Berkshire. edited by P.H. Ditchfield and William Page.|last1=Ditchfield|first1=P. H.|last2=Page|first2=William|date=1906|publisher=Constable|location=London|doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.28982|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/28982}}</ref> The [[priory]] was dissolved in 1525 by Cardinal Wolsey, partly in order to fund the building of the [[Christ Church, Oxford|Cardinal College in Oxford]].<ref name=":02" /> Henry VIII separated the [[Honour of Wallingford]], which included rights of control over the town and its castle, from the [[Duchy of Cornwall]] in 1540.

He combined it with the [[Honour]] of Ewelme, which included the rights over his existing residence and lands at [[Ewelme]]. Ewelme is two miles from Wallingford, so this was done to consolidate control in the area. In return Henry transferred as compensation several areas of Cornish property into the [[Duchy of Cornwall]] for Prince Edward.<ref name=":02" /> After taking control of Wallingford in 1540, [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]] did not favour choosing [[Wallingford Castle]] as an official residence. Instead, he opted to transfer materials from it to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] to enlarge & improve his own castle there. This practice of dismantling Wallingford Castle to improve [[Windsor Castle]] was continued in the reigns of [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] & [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I.]]<ref name=":02" />

=== English Civil War and aftermath ===
[[File:King Charles 1 and Queen Henrietta Maria.jpg|thumb|King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria]]
[[File:Colonel Thomas Blagge by English School.png|thumb|upright|Colonel [[Thomas Blagge]]]]
Maintenance and repair of [[Wallingford Castle]] during the [[English Civil War]] was vital to the success of the [[Cavalier|Royalists]]' plans. The royal headquarters were in [[Oxford]], which made the defence of Wallingford, which controlled the area to the south, especially strategically important. In August 1643 Colonel [[Thomas Blagge|Blagge]] was granted warrants from the [[Charles I of England|King]] and [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine|Prince Rupert]] to collect taxes from [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and other local towns in order to proceed with the repairs.<ref name=":02"/> In April 1643 the king marched south from Wallingford in order to relieve Reading, which was besieged by the [[Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex|Earl of Essex]]. The [[Roundheads|Parliamentary]] army was 16,000 strong and laid siege to Reading using cannons. Reading was unable to hold out long enough for the King and Prince Rupert to arrive and break the siege. The town surrendered on 27 April 1643, with "the [[garrison]] joining the royal army and together they retreated through Wallingford back to Oxford".<ref name=":02"/>

In 1643 a group of [[Parliamentary]] commissioners came to Wallingford in search of an audience with the [[Charles I of England|King]]. [[Thomas Blagge|Blagge]] received them, with the encounter being recorded as "worrying".<ref name=":02"/> "He received them, 'not rudely, but with haughtiness enough,' sending a troop of horse to escort them as if they had been prisoners. High words followed; the commissioners feared they might have had their throats cut by the garrison and gladly took their leave of the 'proud governour."<ref name=":02"/> 4 October 1643 was the last time the king and queen visited the town together, although they did visit [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire|Abingdon]], staying at Barton Lodge on 17 April 1644. It was also the last time that any [[United Kingdom|British]] king and queen stayed at the castle together, owing to its destruction at the end of the war.<ref name=":5" /> By May 1644 the war had turned decidedly against the [[Cavaliers|Royalists]] in [[Berkshire]], and a failure of communications among the commanders left Abingdon open to occupation by the [[Roundheads|Parliamentarians]]. General Waller took the town and the [[garrison]] retreated to Wallingford.<ref name=":5" />

After the [[Second Battle of Newbury]] on 27 October 1644, where neither side had gained a true victory, [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] retreated through Wallingford on his way to [[Oxford]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=The English civil war|last=Young|first=Peter|date=2000|publisher=Wordsworth Editions|others=Holmes, Richard, 1946–2011.|isbn=978-1840222227|location=Ware|oclc=59404015|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/englishcivilwarm00youn}}</ref> Although his retreat went initially unchallenged, the next day at a meeting of the War Council it was resolved that [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]], Balfour and Sir [[Arthur Hesilrige]] were to be allowed to take cavalry to pursue the King. They were too late, and by the time they reached Wallingford, they found the [[Cavaliers|Royalists]] had already advanced to Oxford, with the castle blocking their path. It was  annoyance at missing an opportunity to capture the king that led to Cromwell forming his [[New Model Army]].<ref name=":5" />

==== Siege of Wallingford ====
[[File:General Thomas Fairfax (1612-1671) by Robert Walker and studio.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Thomas Fairfax|General Thomas Fairfax]]]]
The first assault on the town was led by Colonel Baxter, the governor of [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] in 1645. However, finding that the fortifications exceeded his expectations, he retreated quickly to Reading.<ref name=":5" /> By the end of 1645 the situation had worsened, with the king's defeat at the [[Battle of Naseby]] by [[Thomas Fairfax|General Fairfax]]. By this point Wallingford, [[Faringdon]] and [[Donnington, Berkshire|Donnington]] were the only strongholds still loyal to the king in the county of [[Berkshire]]. The king held up at [[Oxford]] for the winter, with the intention of riding south to relieve and retake positions in Berkshire, but the failure of reinforcements to arrive from the west and the imminent threat of siege by General Fairfax forced him to flee north. The siege of Wallingford was begun on 4 May 1646 by General Fairfax; the [[Roundheads|Parliamentarians]] laid siege to Oxford on 11 May.

[[Oxford]] held out until 24 June, when the [[garrison]] of 3,000 men including the king's nephews, [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine|Prince Rupert]] and [[Prince Maurice]], were marched out of the city with full honours. Now only Wallingford remained, its garrison faithfully holding the town and castle for the king under the leadership of Colonel [[Thomas Blagge|Blagge]]. However, his position was now impossible to hold, with the town being blockaded on all sides. It was only a matter of time, but still Blagge held that he would not surrender without the king's order and even threatened to set fire to the town during a full assault.<ref name=":5" />

A [[Roundheads|Parliamentary]] special council met and decided that the difficulty of any full assault would cause unacceptable losses. Waiting and trying to starve [[Thomas Blagge|Blagge]] out would give the king time to build his forces. They were also very concerned that they were risking making a martyr of the town to the [[Cavalier|Royalist]] cause in [[Berkshire]] if the townspeople suffered too much, either in a prolonged siege or an assault. The council resolved to draw up preferential terms for Wallingford's surrender. Initially, Blagge refused even these with the same answer that he would need the king's consent to surrender the town. However, by July, with the king's surrender to the Scotch Army and Wallingford now being the only stronghold in Berkshire still loyal to the crown, he knew that there would be no relief or reinforcements.

The blockade had over time also been tightened, and with the prospect of desertion and mutiny from his starving soldiers, [[Thomas Blagge|Blagge]] was forced to reopen negotiations. The terms of Blagge's surrender were drawn up on 22 July 1646. [[Thomas Fairfax|General Fairfax]] respected Blagge as a fellow soldier for his work in resurrecting the castle for the war, and for the manner in which he chose to hold for as long as possible instead of surrendering.  Fairfax therefore still granted Blagge the original favourable terms of surrender he was offered, even though the situation had  changed. The surrender stipulated that the town and its castle would be surrendered to General Fairfax on 29 July and that all of the town's arms, ordinance and provisions of war would be handed over to Fairfax.

[[Thomas Blagge|Blagge]] and his [[garrison]] would then be allowed to march out of the town with full honours, and allowed to leave with their horses, arms and baggage. They would then be permitted to march ten miles out of the town before disbanding. Blagge was, however, forced in the end to surrender the castle to [[Thomas Fairfax|General Fairfax]] early on the 27th after a mutiny broke out within the garrison. Fairfax sent a regiment into the town to restore order, and the garrison's exit was made unimpeded. Only two castles now remained supporting the [[Cavalier|royalist]] cause, [[Raglan Castle|Raglan]] and [[Pendennis Castle|Pendennis]], and they both fell by August. A new governor, Evelyn, was installed, although he petitioned for the immediate destruction of the castle. [[Parliament]] instead decided to use it for the imprisonment of [[Presbyterian]] prisoners after the [[Prides Purge]].

==== Slighting of the castle ====
Continued turmoil, unrest in the country and a fear that the residents of Wallingford were still loyal to the crown caused [[Oliver Cromwell]] to fear that Wallingford Castle could again be fortified against him in a future uprising. On 17 November 1652, the [[Council of State (England)|Council of State]] decided that [[Wallingford Castle]] should be "forthwith demolished and the workes thereto belonging effectually slighted."<ref name=":02" /> Materials from the castle were used again for improvement works at [[Windsor Castle]] and for the repair and improvement of the church of [[St Mary-le-More, Wallingford|St Mary-le-More]].<ref name=":02" />

=== Georgian period ===
[[File:Sir William Blackstone from NPG.jpg|thumb|upright|[[William Blackstone|Sir William Blackstone]]]]
[[William Blackstone|Sir William Blackstone]], a famous English [[jurist]], [[judge]] and [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]] politician lived in Wallingford and held the office of [[Recorder (judge)|Recorder]] of the town. The Blackstone family owned an estate in and around Wallingford, and William, upon inheriting it, built a house called Castle Priory to live in. William is most noted for writing the ''[[Commentaries on the Laws of England]];'' these are noted for their influence on the [[American Constitution]]. Sir William died in Wallingford in 1780 and is buried in [[St Peter]]'s Church.

By the end of the 18th century, the [[Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)|Parliamentary Borough of Wallingford]] was known as being one of the worst [[Rotten and pocket boroughs|rotten boroughs]]. During the [[Reform Act 1832]], the constituency borders were increased geographically, and the number of [[Member of Parliament|MPs]] cut from two to one.

===20th and 21st centuries===
On 9 September 1944 a [[Handley Page Halifax|Halifax]] bomber of [[426 Transport Training Squadron|No. 426 Squadron RCAF]], returning from an abandoned raid over the French port of [[Le Havre]] while still carrying a full bomb load, caught fire over Wallingford after its port outer engine exploded. Ordering most of his crew to bail out, the pilot, 23-year-old [[Flying Officer]] John Archibald Wilding, and his flight engineer, 22-year-old Sergeant John Francis Andrew, remained at the controls in order to steer the plane away from the town, crashing into the fields at [[Newnham Murren]] and thus preventing the possible loss of many civilian lives. Both Wilding and Andrew were [[mentioned in dispatches]] for their bravery, with Wilding being posthumously awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]].<ref>{{London Gazette
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}}</ref> They are commemorated by a memorial at the junction of Wilding Road and Andrew Road in Wallingford and by the [[Canada|Canadian]] flag that is flown over Wallingford Town Hall every year on 9 September in their memory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://426sqdn.ca/remembrances/remembrances.html|title=The Wallingford Story|last=Fleming|first=Rob|year=2006|publisher=RCAF 426 (Thunderbird) Squadron Association|access-date=4 August 2013}}</ref>

Paul's Malt on Hithercroft Road, built in 1958, was demolished in 2001; thus the malting industry ended, which had been key to Wallingford for hundreds of years. At one time there were at least 17 [[malting]]s in the town.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

== Landmarks and structures ==
=== Wallingford Bridge ===
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[[File:Wallingford Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 4794537.jpg|thumb|Wallingford Bridge]]
Wallingford Bridge is a [[medieval]] road bridge over the [[River Thames]] connecting Wallingford to [[Crowmarsh Gifford]]. Wallingford has historically been an important crossing point of the Thames owing to the presence of a [[ford (crossing)|ford]] which was used before the construction of a bridge. This ford was used by [[William the Conqueror]] and his armies on his journey to [[London]] after his victory at [[Battle of Hastings|Hastings]] in 1066. The first reference to a bridge is from 1141 when [[Stephen of England|King Stephen]] besieged [[Wallingford Castle]]. The first stone bridge is credited to [[Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall]], and four remaining arches are believed to contain 13th-century elements.

Major repairs used stone from the dissolved [[Wallingford Priory|Holy Trinity Priory]] in 1530. Four arches were removed so that a [[drawbridge]] could be inserted during the siege of the castle in the [[English Civil War|Civil War]] of 1646, and these were replaced with timber structures until repair in 1751. Following a flood, three arches were rebuilt by Richard Clarke from 1810–1812 to a design by John Treacher (1760–1836) developed in 1809, and a [[parapet]] and [[balustrade]] added. The street lights on the bridge were made in the town and feature the Wilder mark on the base.

=== Wallingford Castle ===
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[[File:Wallingford Castle Gardens - geograph.org.uk - 1295139.jpg|thumb|Wallingford Castle]]
Wallingford Castle was a major [[medieval]] [[castle]]. Established in the 11th century as a [[motte-and-bailey]] design within an [[Anglo-Saxon]] ''[[burgh]]'', it grew to become what historian [[Nicholas Brooks (historian)|Nicholas Brooks]] has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries". During [[The Anarchy]] the castle held the [[Empress Matilda]] and her son the future [[Henry II of England|King Henry II]]. It was the site of the signing of the [[Treaty of Wallingford]], which began the end of the conflict and set the path to a negotiated peace. Over the next two centuries Wallingford became a luxurious castle, used by royalty and their immediate family. After being abandoned as a royal residence by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], the castle fell into decline.

Refortified during the [[English Civil War]], Wallingford was held as a [[Cavalier|Royalist]] stronghold commanded by Colonel [[Thomas Blagge]]. In 1645 General [[Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron|Thomas Fairfax]] placed [[Wallingford Castle]] under siege; after 16 weeks, during which [[Siege of Oxford|Oxford fell]] to [[roundheads|Parliamentary]] forces, the castle finally surrendered in July 1646 under generous terms for the defenders. The risk of civil conflict continued, however, and [[Oliver Cromwell]] decided that it was necessary to [[Slighting|slight]] the castle in 1652, as it remained a surprisingly powerful fortress and a continuing threat should any fresh uprising occur.

The castle was virtually razed to the ground in the operation, although a brick building continued to be used as a prison into the 18th century. A large house was built in the [[Bailey (castle)|bailey]] in 1700, followed by a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] mansion house on the same site in 1837. The mansion, abandoned due to rising costs, was demolished in 1972, allowing [[Wallingford Castle]] to be declared a [[scheduled monument]] as well as a [[Grade I listed]] building. The castle grounds, including the remains of [[St Nicholas]] College, sections of the castle wall and the [[motte]] hill, are now open to the public.

=== 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>

=== St Mary-le-More Church ===
[[File:St Mary-le-More - geograph.org.uk - 782867.jpg|thumb|St Mary-le-More's church]]
The Church of [[St Mary-le-More, Wallingford|St Mary-le-More]] is located in a prominent position in the town square behind Wallingford Town Hall. The church appears in records from 1077, when the [[advowson]] belonged to [[St Albans Cathedral|St Alban's Abbey]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=The Victoria history of Berkshire. edited by P. H. Ditchfield and William Page.|last1=Ditchfield|first1=P. H.|last2=Page|first2=William|date=1906|publisher=Constable|location=London|doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.28982|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/28982}}</ref> The west [[bell tower]] was originally 12th century, but its upper stages were rebuilt in a [[English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular Gothic]] style<ref name=":2" /> out of the stone from [[Wallingford Castle]] when it was demolished by [[Oliver Cromwell]] after the [[English Civil War|Civil War]]. The [[nave]] and [[Aisle#Architecture|aisle]] were built in the 13th and 14th century, and the [[chancel]] was built later. However, all were rebuilt in 1854 to designs by the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] architect [[David Brandon (architect)|David Brandon]].<ref name=":02"/>

The west window of the north [[aisle]] has [[stained glass]] made in 1856 by [[Thomas Willement]]. The [[pulpit]] was made in 1888 by the sculptor [[Edward Onslow Ford|Onslow Ford]]. The church tower features a [[Change ringing|ring]] of ten bells.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Hayes|first=Francis C.|date=March 1958|title=Three Bell Ringers|journal=South Atlantic Bulletin|volume=23|issue=4|pages=12|doi=10.2307/3198317|issn=0038-2868|jstor=3198317}}</ref> A ring of eight including the tenor was cast in 1738 by [[Richard Phelps (bell-founder)|Richard Phelps]] and Thomas Lester of the [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]].<ref name=":4" /> Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry re-cast the second bell of that ring, now the fourth bell of the present ring, in 1887,<ref name=":4" /> the year of the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria|Golden Jubilee]] of [[Queen Victoria]]. In 2003 the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast a new treble and second bell,<ref name=":4" /> increasing the number of bells to ten.

=== St Leonard's Church ===
[[File:St._Leonard's_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_642133.jpg|thumb|St Leonard’s Church]]
[[St Leonard]]’s is the oldest church and is regarded as the oldest surviving place of worship in Wallingford.<ref name=":52">{{Cite news|url=https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/oxfordshire/churches/wallingford-st-leonard.htm|title=Wallingford, Oxfordshire, St Leonard's Church, History & Photos|work=Britain Express|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> There has been a church on the site since [[Saxon]] times, when it was known as the Church of the [[Holy Trinity]] the Lesser. The current building still features distinctive Saxon stone work in the [[herringbone (cloth)|herringbone]] style around the north wall. Estimates for the start of construction point as early as the 6th century. [[roundheads|Parliamentary]] forces used the church as a barracks during the Siege of Wallingford in 1656. Their occupation caused substantial damage to the building. Repair works were only completed in 1700 when it reopened.

[[John Henry Hakewill]] directed a reconstruction of the church in 1849, although the Church was rebuilt in the [[Gothic Revival]] style the restoration works preserved large sections of the original [[Saxon]] Building. The church interior is noted for a series of four angel [[mural]]s painted in 1889 by acclaimed artist [[George Dunlop Leslie]] who at the time lived on Thames Street. The Church now forms part of the [[Parish]] of [[St Mary-le-More, Wallingford|St Mary-le-More]] with services being held on Sundays.

=== Wallingford War Memorial ===
[[File:Wallingford war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 950101.jpg|thumb|upright|Wallingford War Memorial]]
Wallingford war memorial was designed by Edward Guy Dawber and William Honeybone,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2202|title=Wallingford|website=Imperial War Museums|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> and unveiled in 1921. [[First World War]] (1914–1918) – Total names on memorial: 81.<ref name=":7" /> After 1945 the memorial was updated with [[Second World War]] (1939–1945) dates and names added to the base of the memorial – Total names on memorial: 36.<ref name=":7" /> The inscription reads:

<blockquote>TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WALLINGFORD WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918. THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE</blockquote>
<blockquote>PASS NOT THIS STONE IN SORROW<br />NO SORROW BUT IN PRIDE<br />AND STRIVE TO LIVE<br />AS NOBLY AS THEY DIED<ref name=":7" /></blockquote>

The memorial is Grade II [[Listed building|listed]].<ref>{{NHLE|grade=II|desc=WAR MEMORIAL AND SURROUND APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES NORTH OF THE TOWN HALL|num= 1048500 |date=9 February 1988}}</ref>

=== Kinecroft ===
The Kinecroft was known as the Canecroft in the 13th and 14th centuries, and in the 16th and 17th centuries as Kenny Croft. It comprises an open area of about seven acres surrounded on the south and western sides by ancient [[Saxon]] earthworks and formed part of the defensive fortifications of the town when it was an important [[Burh]] in the kingdom of [[Wessex]]. Events held in the Kinecroft include [[Guy Fawkes Night|Bonfire Night]], [[BunkFest]], The Vintage Car Rally, The Wallingford Festival of [[Cycling]] and The Circus.

=== Bull Croft ===
The Bull Croft is an open area within the town's [[Saxon]] defences. During the Saxon period the [[Parish Church]] of the [[Holy Trinity]] stood in the southwestern part of the present Bull Croft and by 1085 it had been taken over by the great abbey of [[St Albans]] and became part of the new [[Wallingford Priory]]. When the Priory was torn down by [[Cardinal Wolsey]] in 1525, the area was used as farming. The Bull Croft was given to the town in trust by Mr Powyss Lybbe in 1912 and is now used as a public park. Facilities on the site include a children's play area, [[tennis]] courts and [[association football|football]] pitches.

=== Town Hall ===
[[File:Wallingford Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 950097.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Wallingford Town Hall]]]]
[[Wallingford Town Hall]] was constructed in 1670 and is located on the southern side of the [[market square]] with the War Memorial in front and the church of [[St Mary-le-More, Wallingford|St Mary-le-More]] behind. The main hall and council chambers are on the first floor and feature a coved ceiling installed in 1887 to commemorate [[Queen Victoria]]'s Jubilee. The building currently hosts the Town Council for meetings and civic events. The balcony is used by the town's Mayor at annual events. The ground floor has the town's [[Visitor centre|Tourist Information Office]], and, until the corn exchange was built in 1856, the open area under the hall was used for the town's corn market. The hall is open to all residents as a venue for private hire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wallingfordtowncouncil.gov.uk/town-hall/booking-the-town-hall/  |title=Booking the town hall|publisher=Wallingford Town Council|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref>

=== Corn Exchange ===
[[File:Wallingford_Corn_Exchange_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1295112.jpg|thumb|The Corn Exchange]]
The [[Corn Exchange, Wallingford|Corn Exchange]] dates to 1856. The iron arches supporting the roof of the building were cast at the Wilders Foundry on Goldsmiths Lane.<ref name=":02"/> After the [[Second World War]] the Social Security Ministry used the Building as a food and unemployment office before it fell into disuse. It was purchased by the Sinodun players in 1975 for use as a theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sinodunplayers.org.uk/w2011/heritage|title=Sinodun Players|website=sinodunplayers.org.uk|access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref> They dedicated it to [[Agatha Christie]], who was president of the society from 1951 to 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sinodunplayers.org.uk/w2011/rollofhonour|title=Sinodun Players|website=sinodunplayers.org.uk|access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The Corn Exchange & Sinodun Players were awarded the [[Queen's Award for Voluntary Service]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://littletheatreguild.org/queens-award-for-voluntary-service-presented-to-sinodun-players-and-corn-exchange-wallingford/|title=Queens Award for Voluntary Service presented to Sinodun Players and Corn Exchange, Wallingford|date=26 July 2021|publisher=Little Theatre Guild|access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref>

=== Winterbrook House ===
[[File:Winterbrook House-geograph-1848557-by-Bill-Nicholls.jpg|thumb|[[Winterbrook House]]]]
[[Winterbrook House]] was the home of author [[Agatha Christie]] and her husband [[Max Mallowan]] from 1934 until her death in 1976 and his in 1978. It is believed{{according to whom|date=September 2023}} that she based the home of her character [[Miss Marple]], Danemead in the village of St. Mary Mead, on Winterbrook House. The house is privately owned and is part of the Agatha Christie Trail.
[[File:Bronze statue of Agatha Christie at Wallingford.jpg|thumb|upright|Bronze statue of Agatha Christie at Wallingford]]
A permanent bronze memorial to Agatha Christie was placed in front of the Wallingford Museum during September- 2023, as sculpted by Ben Twiston-Davies. It depicts her in later life seated on a bench holding a book.

=== Flint House and Wallingford Museum ===
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[[File:UK-Wallingford Museum.JPG|thumb|[[Wallingford Museum]]]]
Wallingford Museum has collections of local interest and is housed in the [[grade II listed]] [[Tudor architecture|Tudor]] Flint House in the High Street. Flint House is a mid-16th-century timber-framed house with a 17th-century flint [[facade|façade]]. It faces the Kinecroft, an open space in Wallingford which is bordered on two sides by [[Anglo-Saxon England|Anglo-Saxon]] [[burh]] defences built in the 9th century. It is owned by Wallingford Town Council.

The museum has an extensive collection relating to the town's history. Displays include archaeology, [[Wallingford Castle]], and the town in [[medieval]] and [[Victorian era|Victorian]] times.

=== Wilders New Foundry, Goldsmiths Lane ===
Built in 1869 by Richard Wilder the new foundry was built to support the existing foundry on Fish Street. By this time there was rapidly increasing demand for the towns of cast iron working and equipment so more capacity was essential.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.wallingford.co.uk/files/14720_historical_walk.pdf|title=Wallingford Walk Through Time|last1=Dewey|first1=Judy|last2=Dewey|first2=Stuart|publisher=Wallingford Town Council|year=2010|location=Wallingford}}</ref> The Building was decommissioned in 1983 and was converted into residential flats by 1984.

==Governance==
There are three tiers of local government covering Wallingford, at [[civil parish]] (town), [[non-metropolitan district|district]], and [[non-metropolitan county|county]] level: Wallingford Town Council, [[South Oxfordshire District Council]], and [[Oxfordshire County Council]]. The town council meets at the Town Hall and has its offices at 8A Castle Street.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://www.wallingfordtowncouncil.gov.uk/your-council/contact/ |website=Wallingford Town Council |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref>

===Administrative history===
Wallingford was an [[ancient borough]]. It was a borough by the time of the [[Domesday Book]] in 1086, at which time it was the largest town in [[Berkshire]]. Its first [[municipal charter]] was granted in 1156.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Ditchfield |editor1-first=P. H. |editor2-last=Page |editor2-first=William |title=A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 |date=1923 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |pages=531–539 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3/pp531-539 |access-date=9 November 2024 |chapter=The borough of Wallingford: Honour and borough}}</ref> The borough was subdivided into the four parishes of All Hallows, St Leonard, St Mary-le-More, and St Peter.<ref>{{cite book |title=First Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Municipal Corporations in England and Wales: Part 1 |date=1835 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7pNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA133 |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref>

The borough was reformed to become a [[municipal borough]] in 1836 under the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]], which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country.<ref>{{cite book |title=Municipal Corporations Act 1835 |date=1835 |page=463 |url=https://archive.org/details/statutesunitedk35britgoog/page/462/mode/2up |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref> All the parishes in the borough were united into a single civil parish of Wallingford in 1919.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Langston |first1=Brett |title=Wallingford Registration District |url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/wallingford.html |website=UK BMD |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref>

The borough of Wallingford was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], which also transferred Wallingford to Oxfordshire. District-level functions formerly performed by the borough council passed to the new South Oxfordshire District Council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|accessdate=22 September 2022}}</ref> The government initially proposed calling the new district 'Wallingford', but the shadow council elected in 1973 to oversee the transition requested a change of name to 'South Oxfordshire', which was approved by the government before the new district formally came into being.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan District (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|accessdate=22 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Now it's... South Oxfordshire |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=22 September 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=29 September 1973 |location=Reading |page=12}}</ref>

A [[successor parish]] covering the area of the former borough was created in 1974, with its council taking the name Wallingford Town Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1110/made|title=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973|publisher=[[legislation.gov.uk]]|accessdate=7 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wallingford Town Council |url=https://www.wallingfordtowncouncil.gov.uk/town-council |publisher=Wallingford Town Council |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref>

===Constituency===
Since 2024, Wallingford has formed part of the [[Didcot and Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)|Didcot and Wantage constituency]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref>

There was a [[Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)|Wallingford constituency]] until 1885. From 1295 until 1832 it covered just the borough. In 1832, it was enlarged to cover several adjoining parts of Berkshire.<ref>{{cite book |title=Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 |date=1832 |page=334 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq0uAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA334 |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref>

== Geography ==
===Climate===
As with the rest of the [[British Isles]] and [[Oxfordshire]], Wallingford experiences a [[maritime climate]] with cool summers and mild winters. There has been a weather station at the nearby [[Centre for Ecology & Hydrology]] collecting data on the local climate since 1961. Temperature extremes at Wallingford vary from {{convert|-21.0|C|F}} recorded in January 1982<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=7&year=1982&indexid=TNn&stationid=1866|title=1982 temperature|publisher=[[KNMI (institute)|KNMI]]}}</ref>  to {{convert|35.2|C|F}} recorded in July 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=13&year=2006&indexid=TXx&stationid=1866|title=2006 temperature|publisher=[[KNMI (institute)|KNMI]]}}</ref>  Recent low temperatures include {{convert|-17.6|C|F}} during January 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=7&year=2010&indexid=TNn&stationid=1866|title=Jan 2010 temp|publisher=[[KNMI (institute)|KNMI]]}}</ref>  and {{convert|-17.5|C|F}} during December 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=18&year=2010&indexid=TNn&stationid=1866|title=Dec 2010 temp|publisher=[[KNMI (institute)|KNMI]]}}</ref>

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==Transport==
===River===
The [[River Thames]] has been a transport route for centuries, and Wallingford's growth as a town relied partly on it. Coal was supplied from [[North East England]] by [[Coastal trading vessel|coaster]] to [[London]] and then by [[barge]] upriver to Wallingford. This supply could be unreliable in seasons when river currents were too strong or water levels were too low. In 1789 the [[Oxford Canal]] reached [[Oxford]] from [[Warwickshire]], and the Duke's Cut at [[Wolvercote]] gave it a connection to the Thames.<ref>Compton, 1976, page 52</ref> This allowed coal from the [[English Midlands|Midlands]] to reach Wallingford by a shorter and more reliable route than by sea and river from the northeast. In 1799 the Oxford Canal consolidated its commercial position by buying an 80-year lease on a wharf on the Thames just above [[Wallingford Bridge]].<ref>Compton, 1976, pp. 65–66</ref>

[[Chalmore Lock]], a summer or low-water [[lock (water navigation)|lock]] and [[weir]], was built at Chalmore Hole, Wallingford in 1838, However, much of the time the fall was only 18&nbsp;inches, and the lock was open at both ends. It fell into disrepair, and the lock was removed in 1883. The missing lock is the subject of confusion in [[Jerome K. Jerome]]'s  "[[Three Men in a Boat]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jerome |first1=Jerome K |title=Three men in a boat |date=1889 |publisher=Folio Society |location=London |pages=92–94 |edition=1964}}</ref> A ferry had operated at the site from 1787 to transport horses across the river where the towpath changed banks. As the removal of the lock and weir meant that this was the longest clear stretch of the upper river, it was an ideal site for rowing, so the [[Oxford University Boat Club]] which had long trained here built a boathouse at Chalmore in 2006. In addition to the old [[Wallingford Bridge]], a new bridge was built at [[Winterbrook Bridge|Winterbrook]] in 1993 to carry the [[A4130 road|A4130 bypass]] around Wallingford.

===Rail===
The closest regular railway station to Wallingford is [[Cholsey railway station|Cholsey]], about three miles away. The [[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]] is a [[heritage railway]] which runs along the old branch line between Cholsey and Wallingford.

The main line of the [[Great Western Railway]] passes to the south of Wallingford. A station called [[Moulsford railway station|Wallingford Road]] opened with the line in 1840, but it was some {{convert|3|miles|km}} away from the town itself, in open countryside between the villages of [[Cholsey]] and [[Moulsford]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=MacDermot |first1=E. T. |title=History of the Great Western Railway: Volume 1 |date=1927 |publisher=Great Western Railway |page=102}}</ref>

On 2 July 1866 the [[Wallingford railway branch line|Wallingford and Watlington Railway]] (W&WR) was opened between Wallingford Road station (which was renamed Moulsford station at the same time) and a new [[Wallingford railway station (England)|Wallingford station]], on the western side of the town. The plan had been to continue the branch line to [[Watlington, Oxfordshire|Watlington]], but in May 1866, the [[Overend, Gurney & Co]] bank had crashed, causing one of the severest financial crises of the 19th century. The [[bank rate]] was raised to ten percent, which made it impossible for the W&WR to raise the capital for its planned continuation. The company sold the line to the [[Great Western Railway]] in 1872, and it became known as the ''Wallingford Bunk''. The junction station for the branch line was moved from Moulsford to a new station at Cholsey in 1892. [[British Rail]]ways closed the branch line to passengers in 1959 and to goods traffic in 1965, but the track between Hithercroft Road and Cholsey continued in use to serve the now demolished [[malting]]s until 1981 when BR removed the junction at Cholsey. The branch line was then preserved as the [[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]], which opened a new Wallingford station in 1985 for its tourist services, a short distance south of the original Wallingford station, which had been redeveloped.<ref name="cwrhis">{{cite web | url = http://www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com/ | title = History | publisher = Cholsey and Wallingford Railway | access-date =8 April 2007 }}</ref>

===Bus===
All bus services for the town are operated by ''[[Thames Travel]].'' The 33 operates every hour from [[Henley-on-Thames]] to [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire|Abingdon]] via [[Nuffield, Oxfordshire|Nuffield]], [[Nettlebed]], Wallingford, [[Didcot]], [[Sutton Courtenay]] and [[Culham]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://passenger-line-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/oxfordbus/THTR/33-timetable-20240901-57adfd24.pdf|title=33 |publisher=Thames Travel |date=1 September 2024 |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> The X40 operates every 30 minutes between [[Oxford]] and [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] via Wallingford and [[Woodcote]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://passenger-line-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/oxfordbus/THTR/X40-timetable-20240414-44ad4fa7.pdf|title=X40 |publisher=Thames Travel |date=14 April 2024 |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

== Economy ==
[[File:Castle_Street_and_High_Street_corner,_Wallingford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_62137.jpg|thumb|Castle Street and High Street corner]]
[[File:Town Centre - Retail - geograph.org.uk - 12273.jpg|thumb|right|[[Waitrose]] branch]]
Historically, Wallingford was a centre for local trading in livestock and corn as well as the general trade of other goods. This decreased after the construction of the bridge at [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]]. The town developed as a centre for the production of iron and machinery in the 18th century; this continued until the 1980s. The brewing industry was important with two [[Brewery|breweries]] and 17 [[malting]]s in the town. This link was ended with the demolition of Paul's Malt in 2001. The Lamb arcade was originally known as the Lamb Coaching Inn and in 1980 after being derelict for some years was converted into an Antiques Arcade. Champions hardware store has been serving the residents of the town since 1869.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

In 2005, [[Waitrose]] moved into a new store in the town centre after occupying an old site in the south of the town for decades. The new store has 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of retail space. A [[Lidl]] supermarket opened in January 2019 on the Hithercroft Road.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17398432.lidl-wallingford-opens---take-video-tour//|title=Lidl Wallingford opens – take a video tour|website=Oxford Mail|date=31 January 2019 |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> The only banking facility left in the town is the [[Nationwide Building Society]], There are three cashpoints available in the town. The main employers are primarily on the Hithercroft Trading Estate, established in the 1970s. There are some located at Howbury Park the other side of the river and also at [[Winterbrook Bridge]]. [[Rowse Honey]] is the UK's largest manufacturer of honey and has been located in the town since 1987, after being founded in the nearby village of [[Ewelme]] in 1954.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rowsehoney.co.uk/our-history/|title=Our History {{!}} Rowse Honey|work=Rowse|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> Other businesses are the [[Royal Mail]], [[HR Wallingford]], [[Centre for Ecology and Hydrology]] and [[Fugro]]. To the south east of the town is the headquarters for the [[non-profit organization|non-profit]] [[agricultural]] organisation [[CAB International|CABI]].

==Sport and leisure==
[[File:Hithercroft sports facility - geograph.org.uk - 1149312.jpg|thumb|Wallingford Sports Park]]
A number of sports societies, clubs and associations are co-located at the Wallingford Sports Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wallingfordsportspark.co.uk/|title=Wallingford Sports Park|website=Wallingford Sports Park|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> Wallingford [[Field Hockey|Hockey]] Club traces its beginnings to 1894<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallingfordhc.org.uk/index.php/about-us/club-history#|title=Club History|last=Lanyon|first=James|website=wallingfordhc.org.uk|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> and now comprises nine senior teams as well as the Wallingford Wildcats youth setup. Since 1995 the club has been based in the Wallingford Sports Centre.<ref name=":0" /> [[Wallingford Town F.C.]] was founded in 1922 is the local [[association football|football]] club. They currently play in the [[Hellenic Football League]], and their home games are played at the Wallingford Sports Centre.

Originally founded in 1967 as Cholsey RFC, the club changed its name to Wallingford [[Rugby union|Rugby]] Club when it moved to the Hithercroft sports ground in 1997. The club has a senior set up which includes fielding three competitive men's senior teams as a development squad and three women's teams known as the Maidens. The club is still headquartered on the Hithercroft which is now known as the Wallingford Sports Park. There are two [[Squash (sport)|Squash]] clubs in Wallingford. Wallingford Squash Club is in the town centre and the second is located at the Wallingford Sports Park. [[Pétanque]] Wallingford is based at the Park. Wallingford Castle Archers are also based at the Sports Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wallingford Castle Archers |url=https://www.wallingfordcastle.co.uk |website=Wallingford Castle Archers |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>

===Rowing===
[[File:All together now - geograph.org.uk - 1117509.jpg|thumb|Wallingford Rowing Club]]
[[Wallingford Regatta]], formerly the Wallingford [[Skiffing|Skiff]] [[Regatta]], was the only organised boating competition in 1949 on the longest stretch of the [[Thames]] between [[lock (water navigation)|locks]] ([[Benson Lock|Benson]] to [[Cleeve Lock]]s). It had taken place every year in peacetime since the late 1890s, and there is evidence that it existed as early as 1861.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} In 1949 the regatta committee founded the [[Wallingford Rowing Club]], which started competing in other regattas. The regatta was developed as a conventional regatta, although it still awards the Wallingford Skiff Regatta Cup. The town hosts the Wallingford [[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]] Club,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallingfordrc.co.uk/rowing.html|title=Wallingford RC Rowing|website=wallingfordrc.co.uk|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> the [[Oxford Brookes University Boat Club]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://brookesrowing.org.uk/facilities/|title=Facilities|publisher=OBUBC|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> and the [[Oxford University Boat Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oubc.org.uk/about|title=Oxford University Boat Club|publisher=OUBC|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>

The [[regatta]] was held on the same reach at Wallingford for most of its existence, but river conditions caused problems, and there was a growing need for larger facilities. In 2001 the Regatta moved to a new home at [[Dorney Lake]] near [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] where it is still held. The event is the largest single day [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] regatta in the UK. In 2008 the new [[Oxford University Boat Club]] opened in Wallingford. Located on the site of the disused Wallingford [[marina]] on the [[Thames Path]], the building designed by Tuke Manton Architects LLP<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tukemanton.co.uk/|title=Tuke Manton/Architects {{!}} Design and consultancy|website=www.tukemanton.co.uk|access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref> replaced the club's historic home on the [[river Isis|Isis]], which was destroyed by fire in 1999.

===Wallingford festival of cycling===
The Wallingford Festival of [[Cycling]] started in 2015 with an attendance of 3000.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallingfordfestivalofcycling.co.uk/about/|title=About – Wallingford Festival of Cycling|website=wallingfordfestivalofcycling.co.uk|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> In 2018 [[United Kingdom|British]] cycling billed the event one of the largest cycling events of the year<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/171517/Wallingford-Festival-of-Cycling-2018-Sportives|title=Events|work=British Cycling|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> with events including both the 50&nbsp;km and 110&nbsp;km road sportives. In excess of 7500 were expected to attend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16223796.Wallingford_Festival_of_Cycling_set_to_be____bigger_than_ever___/|title=Wallingford Festival of Cycling set to be 'bigger than ever'|website=Oxford Mail|date=14 May 2018 |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> The event in 2015 was used as the backdrop for the filming of the [[Midsomer Murders]] episode called breaking the Chain. Breaking the Chain was the third episode of the 18th series.<ref>{{Citation|last=Evans|first=Rob|title=Breaking the Chain|date=27 January 2016|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4772208/|others=Neil Dudgeon, Gwilym Lee, Fiona Dolman|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

===Music festivals===
[[File:Osibisa.jpg|thumb|Osibisa]]
[[File:BunkFest.jpg|thumb|Dancing in the Market Square, Wallingford, at BunkFest]]
Starting in 2002 in the Cross Keys pub, BunkFest, usually being held in the first week of September, has become the largest free multi-day festival in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] with an attendance of over 25,000 in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15512013.Folk_music__beer_and_dancing_-_it_can_only_be_Bunkfest/|title=Folk music, beer and dancing – it can only be Bunkfest|website=Oxford Mail|date=4 September 2017 |access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> The BunkFest folk music [[music festival|festival]] combines a broad range of [[folk music]], [[Morris dance|dance]] displays, a [[beer festival]] and the local Bunk steam railway. It is a not-for-profit festival. The festival is intended to appeal to a wide audience. The main stage features light music and dancing during the day and lively folk-rock and world music acts in the evening.

Other venues around the town feature a wide variety of acts, ranging from quiet, contemplative folk artists and singer-songwriters to raucous rock bands. It attracts between thirty and fifty [[dance]] sides. The dance programme has included [[Cotswold]] and Border Morris, [[Old-time music#Appalachia|Appalachian]] and Eastern European forms, as well as traditional Irish, Scottish and Welsh forms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wokinghampaper.com/welsh-springsteen-to-perform-in-wokingham/|title='Welsh Springsteen' to perform in Wokingham|website=Wokingham Today|access-date=13 August 2018|date=2018-08-12}}</ref> Rug Fest is Wallingford's summer [[music festival]] located at the Wallingford Sport Park on the Hithercroft. Founded in 2008, RugFest took two years off due to site refurbishments, returning in 2018. The 2018 festival was headlined by [[Scouting for Girls]].

===Vintage Car Rally===
Founded in 2002 the Wallingford vintage car rally takes place on the Kinecroft in mid May with a parade that includes the whole town. In 2018 the number of cars in the parade increased to over 350, with just over 400 vehicles on show overall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15270669.PICTURES__Spectators_cheer_on_drivers_at_vehicle_rally/|title=PICTURES: Spectators cheer on drivers at vehicle rally|website=Oxford Mail|date=7 May 2017 |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> The event is run for local charitable causes and raised £14,000 in 2018, which brought the cumulative total to over £100,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wallingfordcarrally.org.uk/|title=Welcome – Wallingford Vehicle Rally|website=wallingfordcarrally.org.uk|access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref>

==Local media==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC South]] and [[ITV Meridian]]. Television signals are received from the [[Oxford transmitting station|Oxford]] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Oxford | title=Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | date=May 2004 }}</ref>

Wallingford local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Oxford]] on 95.2 FM, [[Heart South]] on 102.6 FM, [[Greatest Hits Radio]] on 106.4 FM and Wallingford Radio, a community based radio station that broadcasts on 107.3 FM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wallingfordradio.co.uk|title=Wallingford Radio|website=Wallingford Radio}}</ref>

Local newspapers are the Herald Series <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldseries.co.uk|title=Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage, Wallingford news, sport and leisure from the Herald newspaper|website=www.heraldseries.co.uk}}</ref> and [[Oxfordshire Guardian]].

==Education==
St John's (a primary school), Fir Tree, (a junior school), and St Nicholas (an infants' school) are all located within the town itself, with additional primary schools at [[Brightwell-cum-Sotwell]], [[Cholsey]] and [[Crowmarsh Gifford]] serving the surrounding areas.

=== Wallingford School ===
[[Wallingford School]] is the successor to [[Wallingford Grammar School]], founded in 1659 when [[Walter Bigg]] left money for a school in his will. Located to the north of the town, it is an academy school and part of the Merchant Taylors’ [[Oxfordshire]] [[Academy Trust]]. The school provides education for the Wallingford area for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 18. The majority of pupils from both Fir Tree and St John's continue on to Wallingford School. Wallingford School also draws pupils from [[Crowmarsh]], [[Brightwell-cum-Sotwell]], [[Cholsey]] and [[Warborough]] primary schools and occasionally [[Didcot]] primary schools.

==Town twinning==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in England}}

Wallingford is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* [[Bad Wurzach]], Germany
* [[Luxeuil-les-Bains]], France
Wallingford has an informal link to:
* [[Wallingford, Connecticut]], United States

==Notable people==
{{For|residents, constables and prisoners at the castle|Wallingford Castle}}

In the town:
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*[[Jonathan Bailey]], actor
*[[Kevin Bailey (poet)|Kevin Bailey]], poet
*[[Evelyn Barbirolli]], oboist
*[[William Blackstone]], legal writer
*[[Charlie Brooker]], comedy writer and presenter
*[[John Buckley (sculptor)|John Buckley]], sculptor
*[[Agatha Christie]], mystery writer and playwright, lived in Winterbrook House with her second husband Sir [[Max Mallowan]]. 
*[[Paul Conroy (Music Executive)|Paul Conroy]], music executive
*[[William Henry Davies (entrepreneur)]], Toronto meatpacker ([[peameal bacon]])
*[[John Dreyer (footballer)|John Dreyer]], football player
*[[Gary Elkins (footballer)|Gary Elkins]], football player
*[[Edgar Field]], [[England national football team|England]] footballer and winner of the [[FA Cup]] in [[1880 FA Cup Final|1880]]
*[[Peter Flannery]], playwright and screenwriter
*[[Dulcie Gray]], actress
*[[James Hayllar]], [[Mary Hayllar]] et al family of artists
*[[Geoffrey Keen]], actor
*Peter R. Kiff, sedimentologist and chemist<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://eprints.hrwallingford.co.uk/view/people/Kiff,_P.R..html | title=Author: Kiff, P.R. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123082731/http://eprints.hrwallingford.co.uk/view/people/Kiff,_P.R..html | archive-date=2020-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/1951/an/an9517600025|title=The determination of moisture in tobacco|first1=C. F. M.|last1=Fryd|first2=P. R.|last2=Kiff|date=1 January 1951|journal=Analyst|volume=76|issue=898|pages=25–32|via=pubs.rsc.org|doi=10.1039/AN9517600025|bibcode=1951Ana....76...25F}}</ref>
*[[George Dunlop Leslie]], artist
*[[Max Mallowan]], archaeologist, at Winterbrook House with [[Agatha Christie]]
*[[James H. McClure]], mystery writer
*[[Ann Packer]], Olympic athlete
*[[Zac Purchase]], Olympic athlete
*[[Edmund Charles Rawlings]], politician
*[[Moses Roper]], former slave
*[[Paul Rotha]], documentary filmmaker
*[[Gladys Bronwyn Stern]], novelist
*[[Simon Watson Taylor (surrealist)|Simon Watson Taylor]], actor, translator and surrealist
*[[Thomas Tusser]], poet
*John of Wallingford (died 1214), monk and abbot of [[St Albans Cathedral|St. Albans Abbey]]
*John of Wallingford (died 1258), monk and chronicler
*[[Richard of Wallingford]], mathematician and clockmaker
*[[Richard of Wallingford (constable)|Richard of Wallingford]], organiser in the [[English peasants' revolt of 1381|Peasants' Revolt]]
*[[William of Wallingford]], builder of Wallingford Screen at [[St Albans Cathedral]]
*[[Rex Warner]], writer
*[[Peter Cathcart Wason]], psychologist
*[[Charles West (author)|Charles West]], mystery writer
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===Members of Parliament===
{{main| Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)}}

Wallingford used to return two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs). This was cut to one in 1832 and none in 1885. Its prominent MPs, often not resident, included:
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*[[William Seymour Blackstone]], builder of [[Howbery Park]], [[Crowmarsh Gifford]]
*[[Thomas Browne (High Sheriff of Kent)]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
*[[John Cator]], timber merchant
*[[Thomas Digges]], astronomer
*[[Sir Charles Dilke, 1st Baronet]], promoter of [[the Great Exhibition]]
*[[Edmund Dunch (Whig)|Edmund Dunch]], member of the [[Kit-Kat Club]]
*[[John Fortescue of Salden|Sir John Fortescue]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
*[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]], astronomer
* Sir [[Thomas Parry (Comptroller of the Household)|Thomas Parry]], [[Comptroller of the Household]] to [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]
*[[George Pigot, Baron Pigot]], British governor of [[Madras]]
*[[Robert Pigot]], Lieutenant General in the [[American Revolutionary War]]
*[[Edmund Plowden]], lawyer who defended religious freedom
*[[Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet|Francis Sykes]], builder of [[Basildon Park]]
*[[Nathaniel William Wraxall]], writer
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==Nearby places==
{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Destinations from Wallingford'''
|Centre    = Wallingford
|North     = [[Oxford]], [[Wheatley, Oxfordshire|Wheatley]]
|Northeast = [[Thame]]
|East      = [[Henley-on-Thames|Henley]]
|Southeast = [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]
|South     = [[Goring-on-Thames|Goring]]
|Southwest = [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]]
|West      = [[Didcot]], [[Wantage]]
|Northwest = [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]]
}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{wikivoyage|Wallingford (England)}}
*[http://www.wallingford.co.uk The Wallingford Welcome]
*[http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/wallingford.html Royal Berkshire History: Wallingford]
*[http://sites.google.com/site/wallingfordhistorygateway/ Wallingford History Gateway]
*[http://www.wallingfordmuseum.org.uk/ Wallingford Museum]

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