Monday, 26 August 2013

Wallingford

Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire situated by the banks of the river Thames. The name suggests there was once a ford here and a Roman settlement 














 The 17th cent Town hall supported by the doric pillars is at the end of the Market Square. Today the ground floor is used an an information centre.


 This is a drinking fountain which was erected in the Square in 1885.






William the Conqueror came here in 1067 and had a castle built. In the castle gardens you can walk up to the top of the mound where the castle once stood. From here there are wonderful views over the town.






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25 comments:

  1. Unknown26 August 2013 at 21:07

    Beautiful place, and so English!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  2. Sylvia K26 August 2013 at 21:33

    I do love old places like you have in England and in Europe -- we're still such a "baby country" in age and history here in the US!!! Being able to see places like this when I lived in Europe was the very best! This is indeed a beautiful place and I love your captures for the day! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Billy Blue Eyes26 August 2013 at 21:33

    You had a good old walk round the place, shame I could not have shown you round. BTW the drinking fountain was in the Bull Croft (park) when I was a kid and was only moved back to the market place a few years ago. The park just by the Coach and Horses is surrounded by the old Saxon walls they were the mounds you see on the far side. The castle was demolished by Oliver Cromwell as he was miffed the royalists used it and put up fight and he did not want it used again. I'm writing a blog at the moment will feature the castle in a bit of it.

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  4. Cynthia26 August 2013 at 22:21

    Beautiful ornate water fountain! I love the details.

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  5. Dianne26 August 2013 at 22:32

    A very pretty English village .... time there to stop and smell the roses.

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  6. mick26 August 2013 at 22:56

    A beautiful little town with a very interesting history. Great photos.

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  7. eileeninmd26 August 2013 at 23:15

    What a lovely town, a wonderful tour. The Town Hall is pretty with the pillars and hanging flowers. And I love the old castle. Great photos, have a happy week!

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  8. Al27 August 2013 at 02:32

    What a beautiful village. I remember William the Conqueror from my history lessons!

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  9. Linda W.27 August 2013 at 04:42

    What a cute little town! Just lovely. Thanks for sharing your photos.

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  10. Kusum27 August 2013 at 07:05

    Cool little town.

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  11. Anonymous27 August 2013 at 07:16

    What a charming place!

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  12. biebkriebels27 August 2013 at 11:08

    You are still walking along the river Thames I see and coming by some very nice places. I love the first picture of the houses, we have them in the south of our country too and in Germany there are many like that.

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  13. Indrani27 August 2013 at 11:47

    Wow! Wonderful sights! Great framings.

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  14. Snap27 August 2013 at 12:51

    I feel like I'm traveling the world with this type of post ... an armchair traveler! Pretty village and always so much history.

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  15. Stewart M27 August 2013 at 12:59

    I like unpicking these place names - it remarkable how much of the history of the UK can be gathered from them.

    Nice looking place.

    Cheers - Stewart M.

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  16. Anonymous27 August 2013 at 13:31

    The drinking fountain is wonderful. Melbourne has two similar that I know of, but I don't think they are that old and certainly not so colourful.

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  17. DJan27 August 2013 at 13:37

    It is indeed very beautiful and peaceful there. Thank you for taking me on your stroll around this ancient town. :-)

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  18. Gattina27 August 2013 at 16:23

    Nice little town, the drinking fountain is very special and beautiful !

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  19. Sallie (FullTime-Life)27 August 2013 at 20:59

    How I'd love to spend more time in these wonderful villages...imagine standing where that castle was! Beautiful pictures are definitely the next best thing to being there...thanks!

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  20. diane b28 August 2013 at 05:51

    What a beautiful English village.

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  21. Gerald (SK14)28 August 2013 at 08:23

    love that fountain

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  22. EG CameraGirl28 August 2013 at 20:55

    The magic of walking around castle ruins imagining what it must hve been like a millennium ago!

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  23. Joe Todd29 August 2013 at 10:33

    I love to explore villages

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  24. Karen @ Pieces of Contentment29 August 2013 at 11:09

    What a wonderful world we live in. The cobblestones in front of the town hall caught my eye.

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  25. Craig30 August 2013 at 11:33

    It looks to be a lovely village. I especially like the Town Hall, very "stiff upper lip"!

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