Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wallingford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Wallingford, mun. bor. and market town, Berks, on river Thames, 14½ miles NW. of Reading and 51 from London by rail, 380 ac., pop. 2803; P.O., T.O.; 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Friday. Wallingford was a stronghold of the ancient Britons, the Romans, and the Saxons; its castle, reconstructed by William the Conqueror, was dismantled in 1646. It has 3 old churches, a grammar school, market place, corn exchange, free library, &c., and a bridge, 900 ft. long, across the Thames. Wallingford was created a borough by Edward the Confessor; it sent 2 members to Parliament from the 23d year of Edward I. until 1832 (when its parliamentary limits were extended into Oxfordshire), and 1 member from 1832 until 1885.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Wallingford Castle Precincts, par., Berks, partly in bor. of Wallingford, 31 ac., pop. 23; a strong castle was here constructed by William the Conqueror; it figured in the history of successive monarchy down to Charles I. in 1646, when it was taken and dismantled by Fairfax; only a small fragment of wall remains.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Allhallows.-- par., E. Berks, 859 ac. (20 water), pop. 167.
A village in Slotisford hundred, in the county of Berkshire.
Eight manors recorded in Domesday.
1st Manor
2nd Manor
3rd Manor
4th Manor
5th Manor
6th Manor
7th Manor
8th Manor