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  History of Wallingford
Wallingford, founded by King Alfred in the early 10th century is a good example of Saxon burgh or fortified town with the earthwork defences to be seen to this day, possibly the finest surviving in the country.
Wallingford had its own mint from the reign of King Athelstan (924-940A.D.) until the reign of King Henry III (1216-1272A.D).
The Town Hall situated in the market place was built during the reign of Charles II in 1670, although it give the appearance of stone it is actually a timber framed building, the outside steps on the western side were added in 1933 when substantial alterations were made.
www.wallingford-oxon.net /history.htm   (0 words)

  
 Berkshire History: Wallingford Castle
Wallingford Castle was subsequently placed under three separate sieges in order to try and check its constant raids on the lands of King Stephen's supporters.
Her will was written at Wallingford and she may have been buried in the Priory, though most sources are clear that her body was taken to Stamford (Lincs) to be buried alongside her first husband.
In 1381, Richard of Wallingford, the castle's constable, was one of Wat Tyler's deputies during the Peasants' Revolt.
www.berkshirehistory.com /castles/wallingford_cast.html   (1052 words)

  
 OXTowns.co.uk :: Wallingford
Wallingford was a walled Saxon Town on the Thames, and the remains of the town walls can still be seen today.
Today Wallingford is a thriving Market Town; the centre is a major conservation area with examples of churches and architecture dating back to the 14th Century.
Wallingford is within easy reach of both the M40 and the M4, and is only 15 miles from Oxford.
www.oxtowns.co.uk /wallingford   (247 words)

  
 Town of Wallingford, Vermont Official Home Page
Portions of Wallingford Village, South Wallingford and East Wallingford are designated "Village Centers" by the Agency of Commerce and Community Development.
The Wallingford School Board is seeking a clerk to document minutes.
The quickest way to find out about what's going on in Wallingford is to view our Community Calendar.
www.wallingfordvt.com   (250 words)

  
 Seattle Rentals Wallingford
Wallingford is a charming neighborhood that is nestled between Greenlake, Fremont and the University District.
Wallingford is a great location for commuters to Downtown, the Eastside, or the University of Washington because of its close proximity to freeway access.
Wallingford got a facelift during the 1980s with the development of Wallingford Center in an old school building, establishing the 45th St. Community Clinic, and the rehab of the Good Shepherd center.
www.seattlerentals.com /724.html   (361 words)

  
 ATSDR - PHA - Air Quality, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Air quality in Wallingford is impacted by a number of important sources, including numerous and varied industrial plant process and fugitive emissions, automobile and truck emissions, public utility emissions, residential heating and woodstove emissions, and similar emissions migrating into the Wallingford area from adjacent communities.
Even though contaminants in Wallingford's air have been identified by the citizens as the most likely cause of their complaints, water also needs to be considered as a possible pathway of human exposure.
The 1980 census indicates that the socioeconomic status of Wallingford is similar to Connecticut.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/wallingford/air_p1.html   (10104 words)

  
 Wallingford Public Schools, Wallingford, CT   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wallingford, Connecticut covers almost 40 square miles astride the Quinnipiac River in northern New Haven County, thirteen miles north of New Haven in the Harford-New Haven corridor.
Wallingford is traversed by Route I-91 and the Wilbur Cross Parkway.
Wallingford's town facilities include an outstanding public library, nine public parks, a recreation center, and a community pool.
www.wallingford.k12.ct.us /town_of_wallingford   (161 words)

  
 about the library
The mission of the Wallingford Public Library is to acquire, organize and make available books and other resources for the educational, informational, recreational, and inspirational needs of the entire Wallingford Community.
Wallingford Public Library circulation and registration records are strictly confidential and are to be used only to conduct library business.
Library records shall not be made available to any agency of state, federal, or local government except pursuant to such process, order, or subpoena as may be authorized under the authority of, and pursuant to, federal, state, or local law relating to civil, criminal, or administrative discovery procedures or legislative investigating power.
www.wallingford.lioninc.org /aboutlibrary.htm   (5624 words)

  
 Wallingford - SeattleWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wallingford Library is the local branch of the library.
Wallingford Playfield, with a large playground and even larger fields, due south of the 45th street clinic, just before the elementary school - some days, they have water in the wading pool - ice cream trucks also make the rounds.
Major bus lines passing through Wallingford are the 16 (travels between downtown and the Northgate transit center), the 26 (travels between Greenlake, through downtown and turns into the 42) and the 44 (travels between the U District and Ballard).
seattlewiki.org /wiki/Wallingford   (956 words)

  
 Wallingford - SeattleWiki
Wallingford Library is the local branch of the library.
Wallingford Playfield, with a large playground and even larger fields, due south of the 45th street clinic, just before the elementary school - some days, they have water in the wading pool - ice cream trucks also make the rounds.
Major bus lines passing through Wallingford are the 16 (travels between downtown and the Northgate transit center), the 26 (travels between Greenlake, through downtown and turns into the 42) and the 44 (travels between the U District and Ballard).
www.seattlewiki.org /wiki/Wallingford   (956 words)

  
 Seattle/Wallingford - Wikitravel
Wallingford is a hilly neighborhood of older Seattle residents and young families which sits just to the north of Lake Union, east of Fremont, west of the University District, and south of Greenlake.
Wallingford's main commercial district runs along NE 45th Street, stretching more than a mile from Stone Way on the west to the bridge over Interstate I-5.
One of the quirks of Wallingford noted by outsiders is the lack of stop signs at any of the intersections of its streets -- the neighborly cooperation of its inhabitants must keep Wallingford residents from needing traffic direction.
wikitravel.org /en/Seattle/Wallingford   (534 words)

  
 Wallingford - Hawkes Bay - Waipukurau Accommodation New Zealand NZ.
The Wallingford Homestead surrounded by sweeping lawns, rose gardens and English Oak trees, provides a setting for your complete privacy and relaxation with the comfort, charm, hospitality and style that embodies dignified country living in the deeply rural surroundings of Central Hawke's Bay.
For corporate functions, retreats, reunions, conferences, weddings and private functions Wallingford is the ideal secluded getaway centre, fully licensed and able to cater for groups of ten to two hundred people.
As Wallingford is a quality assured farming business, pets are not allowed and all bedrooms are non smoking areas.
www.bluecastle.co.nz /accommodation-869.htm   (457 words)

  
 Boy with the Boot, Wallingford, Vermont
Wallingford takes pride in its statue of the Boy With The Boot, one of a handful of Boy with the Boot statues of mysterious origin around the US and elsewhere.
Bowman had a marble statue of himself made for people to remember him, and he wasn't even dead yet.
He stands in clear view of the front porch of the Wallingford House hotel, where the old people who hang out on it can clearly shout an alarm if any young hooligans try to stop up the boot hole with gum, or stain the water blue by pouring Ty-Dee-Bowl into it.
www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/VTWALboyboot.html   (353 words)

  
 Wallingford Rowing Club
The picturesque town of Wallingford is located in Oxfordshire, roughly midway between Reading and Oxford.
The rowing club is situated near the old Wallingford Bridge.
We row on the longest stretch of the non-tidal Thames on over 10km of water between the locks at Benson and Cleeve (at Goring on Thames).
www.wallingford.rowing.org.uk   (0 words)

  
 Wallingford Wanderings
Wallingford has been my home for over 30 years, and I welcome the opportunity to share my observations.
Dietary habits are all over the map in Wallingford (just look at the diversity of restaurants), but at least one residence will not countenance the devouring of carrion within its perimeters.
As for the play itself - I reiterate that I am 2+ decades removed from my last exposure to the Gatsby story - my feeling is that, if you'd read the book recently, you'd feel a bunch of "clicks" as parts of the stage presentation interlocked with your recollection of the novel.
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com /wallingfordwanderings   (4381 words)

  
 Wallingford Poor Law Union and Workhouse
In addition to relief through the parish poor rate, the poor of Wallingford benefited from a number of benefactions and endowments (Hardman, 1994).
In 1680, John Angier and his sister Mary bequeathed £870 to the poor of Wallingford of which £200 was used to build almshouses on the Reading Road.
In 1807, Wallingford parishes of St Mary, St Leonard, and St Peter formed a union under the terms of Gilbert's Act of 1782 and built a workhouse for 282 inmates on the north side of the Wantage Road, about half a mile west of the town centre.
users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Wallingford/Wallingford.shtml   (1406 words)

  
 HR Wallingford - hydraulics research & consultancy specialists
HR Wallingford - hydraulics research and consultancy specialists
HR Wallingford Ltd is a company registered in Companies House, Cardiff, Crown Way, Maindy CF14 3UZ
HR Wallingford, an independent company that carries out research and consultancy in hydraulics, civil engineering and the water environment worldwide.
rd.business.com /index.asp?epm=s.1&bdcq=Wallingford&bdcr=5&bdcu=http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/&bdcp=&partner=2662601&bdcs=nwuuid-2662601-5D33CBAA-DA8F-A5D0-3AA9-CBE43FB1B743-ym   (0 words)

  
 Wallingford Real Estate Agents, Wallingford Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Wallingford
HomeGain provides Wallingford, Connecticut real estate information and resources to guide homeowners and homebuyers through the process of selling and buying a house, condo or other Wallingford realty property.
HomeGain has services to help you find a top Wallingford real estate broker or agent, get the value of your Wallingford home and a comparative market analysis (CMA), view Wallingford real estate and MLS listings, prepare your home for sale, and more.
Cuando se registre para encontrar un agente de bienes raices en Wallingford, simplemente indique que necesita un agente que habla Español.
www.homegain.com /local_real_estate/CT/wallingford.html   (521 words)

  
 Wallingford Voice - News - Top Stories
WALLINGFORD - The Junior Achievement program is seeking volunteers willing to invest a few hours to help teach elementary schools about the working world, financial literacy and business.
WALLINGFORD - Even though the last few years of political turmoil has resulted in a wider awareness of the importance of casting a vote in each election, the youth vote in America is still a fraction of what it could be.
WALLINGFORD - Wallingford's own Covanta Projects has joined companies all over the country as members of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, "Performance Track Program," which honors companies committed to reducing energy use and hazardous waste generation.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?brd=1664   (244 words)

  
 Wallingford :: Statistics
Wallingford itself is a medieval market town on one of the most attractive stretches of the River Thames, the surrounding villages are equally beautiful.
This school was established in Wallingford 350 years ago by the merchant tailor Walter Bigg who wanted to endow a school associated with the parish church of St Mary’s.
He was born and raised locally and went on to be elected Lord Mayor of London.
www.wallingford.oxon.sch.uk /about_wallingford   (363 words)

  
 Berkshire History: Wallingford
Wallingford had a stockaded bank, 3,300 yards long, that can still be clearly seen in places.
The later stone castle at Wallingford was one of England's most magnificent medieval palaces, as well as being a mighty stronghold.
Royal owners were largely absent from daily Wallingford life, but Henry II's brother, Prince Richard, Earl of Cornwall and Holy Roman Emperor, made it his favourite home and he built the first stone bridge there across the Thames, parts of which still stand today.
www.berkshirehistory.com /villages/wallingford.html   (1677 words)

  
 Wallingford, Connecticut CT, town profile (New Haven County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, in the New Haven-Milford metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Wallingford was $25,947, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Wallingford, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $619.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9297   (600 words)

  
 Wallingford, Vermont VT, town profile (Rutland County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Wallingford is a town in Rutland County, in the Rutland metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Wallingford was $19,570, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Wallingford, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $411.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=53502   (495 words)

  
 HR Wallingford - hydraulics research and consultancy specialists   (Site not responding. Last check: )
HR Wallingford has developed a number of technical software products (either alone or through collaboration with renown institutes) for irrigation, water management, river modelling, urban drainage, wave and beach processes, and sediment transport.
TSRSim is a new rainfall generation tool developed at HR Wallingford to help engineers assess the performance of urban drainage systems under extreme flow conditions.
Developed by Electricité de France - Laboratoire National d'Hydraulique in close partnership with HR Wallingford, TELEMAC is a comprehensive modelling suite that allows simulation of currents, sediment transport, wave and water quality patterns.
www.hrwallingford.co.uk /software/software.html   (278 words)

  
 Wallingford: A place primed with passion   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wallingford's desire to be a cohesive, connected neighborhood runs deep.
Petty's stack of swirling bronze is anchored at the northwest corner of Wallingford Center, the 90-year-old school turned retail center.
Along with the bronzed impressions of 28 animals found in Wallingford is a dog with a peace sign in its collar -- one of two items on the sculpture recalling Wallingford's counterculture past.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /neighbors/wallingford   (599 words)

  
 tourist information on Wallingford in Oxfordshire
Wallingford, A4074 south from Oxford, A4130 north from Henley-on-Thames.
Wallingford, on the headwaters of the River Thames, Wallingford is a market town with a shopping centre, and buildings here date from Elizabethan times, including the 17th century town hall mounted on pillars, the Angiers Almshouses built in 1681, and the unusual spired St Peters Church which was rebuilt in 1860.
The George Hotel is a charming hotel situated in the centre of Wallingford, a pretty market town with fine Georgian and Elizabethan houses.
www.touruk.co.uk /oxford/oxf_wall.htm   (447 words)

  
 Seattle Parks and Recreation: Wallingford Playfield
Wallingford Playfield has long been a popular neighborhood gathering place for tennis, picnics, wading pool splashing in summer, ball games, and playing-and now it has a new face.
Its entirely new, deluxe play area, completed in the fall of 2004, includes a play structure specially designed for two- to five-year-olds, with a variety of slides.
The City bought this land for park use in 1924 and it was well-used by community members over the next three-quarters of a century.
www.cityofseattle.net /parks/parkspaces/wallingf.htm   (246 words)

  
 80-year-old man killed in crash with Wallingford police cruiser - Boston.com
A Wallingford man has died after his vehicle collided with a police cruiser responding to a medical assistance call.
WALLINGFORD, Conn. --A Wallingford man has died after his vehicle collided with a police cruiser responding to a medical assistance call.
Harry Williams, 80, was declared dead at Yale New Haven Hospital following the accident on Friday, police said.
www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/08/13/80_year_old_man_killed_in_crash_with_wallingford_police_cruiser   (144 words)

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