Cholsey is a large village in Oxfordshire, two miles from Wallingford. It has a population of over 4000. Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in South East England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. ... Map sources for Wallingford at grid reference SU6089 Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire in southern England. ...

History

The pre-historic road, the Icknield Way, crosses the Thames at Cholsey. The Icknield Way is one of the oldest roads in Britain, being one of the few long-distance trackways to have existed before the Romans occupied the country. ...

The village was originally founded on an island in marshy ground close to the river Thames. Indeed, the village green is known as The Forty, which means Marshy Isle. Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames...

There is evidence that the Wessex Royal family owned land in Cholsey in the 6th and 7th Century AD.

A Royal nunnery was founded in the village in 989AD, by Queen Aelfrith. The nunnery is thought to have been destroyed by invading Danes in 1006 when they camped in Cholsey after setting nearby Wallingford ablaze. Map sources for Wallingford at grid reference SU6089 Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire in southern England. ...

In the 13th Century AD, a tythe barn was built in the village. It was, at the time, the largest aisled building in the world, being 51 feet high, 54 feet wide and over 300 feet long. The barn was torn down in 1815.

The village church, St Mary's, was founded in 986AD on land donated by Ethelred the Unready. The present day flint and stone church was built in the 12th Century AD. Ethelred II (Old English: Æþelred) (c. ...

In the present day's church's graveyard, novelist Agatha Christie's grave can be found. Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (September 15, 1890–January 12, 1976), was a British crime fiction writer. ...