The centre of Wallingford has the feel of a typical old market town, with a large open town square around the war memorial, the 17th century arcaded town hall, and numerous shops.

Although only a small town, Wallingford has three ancient churches within the Parish of St Mary-le-More and St Leonard, the home of Wallingford Parish Church Choir, named in 2011 as Britain's favourite church choir, and a modern Roman Catholic church as well as a Quaker Meeting House dating from 1724, Baptist, Methodist and Community churches.

There has been a Met Office weather Station collecting data on the local climate for almost years at various locations around Wallingford and Benson.

However, most of the line has been preserved as the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway.

Wallingford has also a Rugby Football Club, Hockey Club, Rowing Club, Cricket Club and Tennis Club.

Wallingford has formal town twinning links with Luxeuil-les-Bains, France and Bad Wurzach, Germany ; and informal links with Wallingford, Connecticut, United States.

He has left a quaint account of his privations at Wallingford, and of the severities of Nicholas Udall at Eton.

Currently McMaster has twelve smoke-free student residences: Bates, Brandon, Edwards, Hedden, Les Prince, Mary E. Keyes, Matthews, McKay, Moulton, Wallingford, Whidden, and Woodstock Hall.

Wallingford is located along SEPTA's R-3 commuter line, and has a station whose design is attributed to the well-known Victorian architect Frank Furness.

Greenwood has its own post office, which shares zip code 98103 with the larger Wallingford branch.

ATI has had a consistent history of strategic acquisitions, notably Wallingford Steel in 1935, West Leechburg Steel in 1936, Jessop Steel in 1994, the assets of Lukens Washington Steel in 1998, J & L Specialty Steel in 2004, and most recently Wisconsin-based Ladish Co. to expand its offerings in the aerospace sector.

He has since retired and is living in a retirement community in Wallingford, Connecticut with his wife Jean.

It also has a terminal platform used by trains on the Wallingford line.

Wantage is famous as the birthplace of King Alfred the Great, while Wallingford has had a Royal Charter since 1155.

It featured in addition to Quigley ( vocals, bass, guitar, synthesizers ) and Wallingford ( vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizers, percussion ) many guest musicians, most noteworthy being drummer Joey Waronker who has played drums with Beck, R. E. M.

Being on the northern ( eastern ) bank of the Thames, Benson has always been in Oxfordshire, unlike nearby Wallingford and Abingdon, Oxfordshire, which were part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes.

While reporting a story from India, Patrick Wallingford, a New York television journalist, has his left hand eaten by a lion.

* In 1984 BTCV moved its headquarters to Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

* To its north, Cheshire and Wallingford

It was also during this period that many of the small silver and Britannia plants were combined to form the International Silver Company with its headquarters in Meriden and several plants in Wallingford.

Currently, Wallingford is the twenty-third most populous community of Connecticut ’ s 169 cities and towns, ranks 21st in terms of 2001 Equalized Net Taxable Grand List ($ 3, 723, 201, 280 ) and is 97th in the state in terms of estimated 2002 nominal income per capita ($ 29, 788 ) of its residents.

In 1799 the Oxford Canal consolidated its commercial position by buying an eighty year lease on a wharf on the Thames just above Wallingford Bridge.

In 1525, at the height of his power, Thomas Wolsey, Lord Chancellor of England and Cardinal Archbishop of York, suppressed the Priory of St Frideswide in Oxford and founded Cardinal College on its lands, using funds from the dissolution of Wallingford Priory and other minor priories.

The show was directed and choreographed by Larry Fuller and closed after its run in Wallingford.

Lyman Hall is memorialized in Georgia where Hall County, Georgia bears his namesake ; and in Connecticut, his native state, where the town of Wallingford honored him by naming a high school after its distinguished native son.

While in the CWA, he became its first Heavyweight Champion by defeating " Mr. USA " Tony Atlas in a tournament final held in Wallingford, Connecticut on November 5, 1992.

Named after Fremont, Nebraska, the hometown of two of its founders, L. H. Griffith and E. Blewett, it is situated along the Fremont Cut of the Lake Washington Ship Canal to the north of Queen Anne, the east of Ballard, the south of Phinney Ridge, and the southwest of Wallingford.

The Sleeping Giant, long by wide, is located in Hamden with its eastern edge falling into Wallingford.

The QFC supermarket at the corner of N 45th Street and Wallingford Avenue N may be regarded as the center of the neighborhood ; its large WALLINGFORD neon sign is made in part from letters in the old FOOD GIANT sign that adorned QFC's predecessor for decades.

North of Wallingford, US 7 becomes a four lane divided highway with at-grade intersections, until its southern junction with US 4, south of the city of Rutland.

The original settlement at Wallingford in Oxfordshire dates back to the dawn of British history, when its founders showed remarkable discrimination in choosing its site.

Due to a schedule change effective October 30, 2006, the Vermonter began stopping at the towns of Wallingford and Windsor Locks ( near Bradley International Airport ) in Connecticut for the first time in its existence.

It runs from Streatley at its junction with the A329 ( between Reading and Wallingford ) to Wantage, over the picturesque Berkshire Downs.

It and its sister locomotive ' Unicorn ' now reside on the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway.

Elmer Keith, a Wallingford, Connecticut, antiquarian and collector, taught Cummings to deconstruct a building to look behind its repairs and later additions.

Richard of Wallingford, a local landowner, who had presented demands to Richard II on behalf of Wat Tyler in London, brought news of this to St Albans and argued with the abbot over the charter.

It is possible, however, that Stephen had already begun to consider passing over Eustace's claim ; historian Edmund King observes that Eustace's claim to the throne was not mentioned in the discussions at Wallingford, for example, and this may have added to Stephen's son's anger.

* 1153-The Treaty of Wallingford ( Treaty of Winchester, Treaty of Westminster ), effectively ends the civil war caused by a dispute between Empress Matilda and her cousin King Stephen of England over the English crown, in which Stephen recognises Matilda's son Henry of Anjou as his heir.

The abbey was extended in the 1190s by Abbot John de Cella ( also known as John of Wallingford ) ( 1195 – 1214 ); as the number of monks grew from fifty to over a hundred, the abbey was extended westwards with three bays added to the nave.

It is possible, however, that Stephen had already begun to consider passing over Eustace's claim ; historian Edmund King observes that Eustace's claim to the throne was not mentioned in the discussions at Wallingford, for example, and this may have added to Stephen's son's anger.

The Domesday Book of 1085 lists Wallingford as one of only 18 towns in the kingdom with a population of over 2, 000 people.

In 1944 a Royal Canadian Air Force Halifax bomber with a full bomb load caught fire over Wallingford.

The Blackstones had a large estate in Wallingford, including 120 acres ( 46 ha ) of pastureland around the River Thames and the right of advowson over St Peter's Church.

It grew to have a membership of over 300, with branch communities in Brooklyn, New York ; Wallingford, Connecticut ; Newark, New Jersey ; Cambridge, Vermont ; and Putney, Vermont.

* Gasworks Gallery is located in Wallingford and considered one of Seattle's largest artist enclaves with over 60 working artists and photographers

Violent tornadoes have formed over rivers and lakes — including the 1878 Wallingford tornado and the 1899 New Richmond tornado — as well as crossing over them after forming elsewhere.

In 1944 a Royal Canadian Air Force Halifax bomber with a full bomb load caught fire over Wallingford.