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Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire in southern England. It is a strategically important crossing point on the River Thames, where the invading armies of the Norman conquest of 1066 crossed the Thames from south to north. Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Wallingford Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Wallingford Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... This article is about the map grid references in the UK. For the Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in South East England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Length 346 km Elevation of the source 110 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 12935 km² Origin Kemble Mouth North Sea Basin countries England This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ... Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman Conquest was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), secured in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. ... Events January 6 - Harold II is crowned King of England the day after Edward the Confessor dies. ...

Wallingford itself sits on the western side of the Thames; across the river is the town of Crowmarsh Gifford. The two are linked with a notable 900 ft long stone bridge across the Thames and adjacent floodlands. Crowmarsh Gifford is a village in Oxfordshire, England. ...

Given the town's strategic importance, it has been fortified since at least Saxon times, when it was an important part of the kingdom of Wessex and allowed to mint its own coins. Since William and his Norman army were permitted to cross the river unopposed, the town received special favor from the Norman conquerors. Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the kingdom of England. ... William I of England - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

The Treaty of Wallingford was signed there in November 1153, ending the Civil War that had begun after Henry I's death. The town was granted a Royal Charter in 1154 by the new King Henry II, being one of the first towns to receive one (before London, for example). Events January 6 - Henry of Anjou arrives in England. ... Henry I of England, depicted in Cassells History of England, Century Edition, published circa 1902 Henry I (c. ... Events King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21. ... Henry II of England, depicted in Cassells History of England, Century Edition, published circa 1902 Henry II (March 5, 1133 – July 6, 1189), ruled as Duke of Anjou and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. ...

The Castle was a regular royal residence until the Plague hit the town badly in 1349. The castle declined subsequently (much stone being removed to renovate Windsor Castle) but it became a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War. It was the last holdout of the Royalists in the region, and the castle withstood a 65 day siege. Oliver Cromwell subsequently ordered the destruction of what was left of the castle and little now remains.-1... Windsor Castle is (along with Buckingham Palace in London and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh) one of the principal official residences of the British monarch, who always stays there on most weekends of the year, Easter and during Royal Ascot week (in June) at the nearby Ascot Racecourse; as well as... The English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651, specifically to the first (1642–1645) and second (1648–1649) civil wars between the supporters of King Charles I and the supporters of... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ...

Wallingford has an informal twinning link with Wallingford, Connecticut. Twinning (making a twin of) has at least two meanings: City and town twinning Widening of a road by construction of another one next to it, with a median in between (Canada) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Wallingford is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut. ...

External link

• Wallingford website (http://www.wallingford.co.uk/)

• Wallingford History Gateway (http://tinyurl.com/6w36x/)

Wallingford is also the name of some places in the United States:

• Wallingford, Connecticut
• Wallingford, Pennsylvania
• Wallingford, Vermont
• Wallingford, Seattle, Washington