A place in Berkshire with a history you can trace through the records: its entry in the 1086 Domesday Book, the archaeological finds and scheduled monuments around it, and the nearest Roman sites and battlefields. Everything below is drawn from the historical record.
In 1086, Wallingford was held by (Alwy) son of Alsi of Faringdon.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Wallingford in 1086, they recorded 8 manors held by (Alwy) son of Alsi of Faringdon, Humphrey Visdeloup, Miles Crispin, Nigel (of Aubigny), Saewulf of Oxford, Walter Giffard, King William, William of Warenne, moneyer, one, Abingdon (St Mary), abbey of, Miles (Crispin), Bishop Walkelin (of Winchester), Canterbury (Christ Church), archbishop of, Gilbert of Ghent, Hugh of Bolbec, Hugh the large, Ralph son of Seifrid, Ranulf Peverel, Reginald (Cnut), Robert d'Oilly, Walter son of Other, William Lovet, Algar, Battle (St Martin), abbey of, Doda, Godric, Henry of Ferrers, Earl Hugh (of Chester), Bishop Remigius (of Lincoln), smiths, Count of Evreux, Roger of Lacy, Alwin, Brictric, Godwin, Leofeva, Bishop Osmund (of Salisbury), Ralph Piercehedge, Reinbald of Cirencester, St Albans, abbey of, , Adbrei, Miles Molay, Drogo (of Les Andelys), Ilbert of Lacy, Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury, Ordgar, Robert of Armentières, Roger son of Seifrid and Wazo. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by King Edward, Swarting and Winchester (St Peter & St Swithun), bishop of.
The settlement was assessed at 2 hides for tax. The manors were valued at 73.5 pounds in 1086, up from 41 pounds in 1066.
The Domesday Book was the great survey of England ordered by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086, the oldest surviving public record in the country. How the survey worked →
Wallingford was one of the settlements recorded in Berkshire in the 1086 survey. Berkshire in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wallingford's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Nationally registered historic battlefields within 25 miles of Wallingford.
900 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Wallingford, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Wallingford is Grey Chalk Subgroup (Cenomanian).
Aubrey's full report for this location includes every Domesday manor, the complete record of medieval lordship, archaeological context, and the story of how this settlement evolved from 1086 to the present day.