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Wallingford
Wallingford is a historical market community and civil parish located to the south of Oxford on the River Thames in England. Historically located in the county of Berkshire, it was moved to Oxfordshire for the functions of administration in 1974. Wallingford is located 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of Reading, 13 miles (21 km) south of Oxford and 11 miles (18 km) north west of Henley-on-Thames. The town's population was 11,600 in the 2011 census. The town has actually played an essential function in English background beginning with the abandonment of Stigand to William the Conqueror in 1066, which brought about his taking the throne and also the development of Wallingford Castle. The castle and also the town appreciated imperial condition and also thrived for much of the Middle Ages. The Treaty of Wallingford, which ended a civil war called The Anarchy between King Stephen as well as Empress Matilda, was signed there. The town after that entered a period of decrease after the arrival of the Black Death and falling out of favour with the Tudor monarchs before being gotten in touch with once more during the English Civil War. Wallingford held out as the last continuing to be Royalist stronghold in Berkshire before giving up after a 16-week siege. Fearing that Wallingford Castle could be used in a future uprising, Oliver Cromwell bought its destruction. Ever since Wallingford has ended up being a market community as well as centre of local commerce. At the centre of the community is a big open market square with the battle memorial as well as 17th century arcaded town hall to the south, the Corn Exchange theatre to the east and also various shops around the edges. Off the square there are alleys and roads with even more stores and also a variety of historical inns. Although it was a small town, Wallingford once had 14 churches; now, there are 3 ancient churches within the Parish of St Mary-le-More and St Leonard, a modern Roman Catholic church, a Quaker Meeting House dating from 1724 and Baptist, Methodist as well as neighborhood churches.