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Wallingford has formal town twinning links with Luxeuil-les-Bains, France and Bad Wurzach, Germany ; and informal links with Wallingford, Connecticut, United States.
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Wallingford has diversified its commercial and industrial base over the past decade attracting high technology industries as compared to traditional heavy manufacturing.
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.
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.
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Gershwin would later receive formal training and lessons from influential figures like Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger and Arnold Schoenberg in advanced composition, harmony and orchestration ; however, in 1924 he had had no such training.
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* August 9 – The Wallingford Tornado of 1878, the deadliest tornado in Connecticut history, destroys the town of Wallingford, killing 34 people and injuring 70 or more.
The town of Wallingford was established in 1670 in unincorporated area north of New Haven and formally added to New Haven County in 1671.
Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
On May 12, 1670, Wallingford was incorporated and about 126 people settled in the town.
The town of Wallingford sits astride the Quinnipiac River in northern New Haven County.
Wallingford locations featured in the film include Trackside Pizza, Jake's Bar, Choate Rosemary Hall, and an 1841 farmhouse situated on the east side of town.
In the TV show Gilmore Girls, the fictional town of Stars Hollow's ZIP code is shown as 06492, the same as the real town of Wallingford.
Wallingford is a market town and civil parish in the upper Thames Valley in England.
Wallingford is run by a town council consisting of 16 councillors.
Wallingford became the chief town of Berkshire and the seat of the county's Ealdorman.
This was only revived in the 18th century when the legal writer and Wallingford resident, William Blackstone, established two turnpike roads through the town.
Wallingford School is the secondary school in the area, to the north of the town, which is the successor to Wallingford Grammar School, founded 1659.
In early 2009 Wallingford's then Mayor asked the European Municipalities and Regions ( CEMR ), which co-ordinates twinned town schemes in Europe, if it was possible to " de-twin " Wallingford with Luxeuil-les-Bains after what was described as being " fed up with more than a decade of silence ".
In response to the row, the mayor of the French town asked for Wallingford not to end the relationship, and declared 2009 as " a year for getting back in touch with Wallingford ".
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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.
Wycliffe's contest with Owtred and William Wynham ( or Wyrinham or Binham ) of Wallingford Priory and St Albans, the Benedictine professor of theology at Oxford, were formerly unknown, as were the earlier ones with William Wadeford.
The designs of General Fleetwood of the army and the Wallingford House party were now suspected as being in a possible alliance with Charles Stuart ( Charles II ).
The Empress stayed at Arundel Castle, whilst Robert marched north-west to Wallingford and Bristol, hoping to raise support for the rebellion and to link up with Miles of Gloucester, a capable military leader who took the opportunity to renounce his fealty to the king.
The fall of Wallingford appeared imminent and Henry marched south in an attempt to relieve the siege, arriving with a small army and placing Stephen's besieging forces under siege themselves.
In 1153, the death of Stephen's son Eustace, combined with the arrival of a military expedition led by Henry, led him to acknowledge the latter as his heir by the Treaty of Wallingford.
On 14 June, the rebels are reputed to have been met by the young king himself, and, led by Richard of Wallingford, to have presented him with a series of demands, including the dismissal of some of his more unpopular ministers and the effective abolition of serfdom.
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.
Matilda stayed at Arundel Castle, whilst Robert marched north-west to Wallingford and Bristol, hoping to raise support for the rebellion and to link up with Miles of Gloucester, who took the opportunity to renounce his fealty to the king.
The fall of Wallingford appeared imminent and Henry marched south in an attempt to relieve the siege, arriving with a small army and placing Stephen's besieging forces under siege themselves.
Cheshire shares borders with Southington on the north and northeast, Meriden on the northeast, Wallingford on the east, Hamden on the south, Bethany for a short distance on the southwest, Prospect on the west, Waterbury on the northwest, and Wolcott on the northwest.
During the 19th century, Wallingford industry expanded with a considerable concentration of small pewter and Britannia ware manufacturers.
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.
Penny Marshall's film Riding in Cars with Boys includes scenes that take place in Wallingford, although not filmed in Wallingford.
Amenities include the Wallingford Museum, the Corn Exchange theatre, the Cholsey and Wallingford steam railway, public parks ( one with a castle ruin ), a blues festival, and the annual BunkFest folk festival.
As with the rest of the British Isles and Oxfordshire, Wallingford experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters.
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.
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