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Wallingford Museum - the first place to start to find out more about Wallingford's history:

Wallingford Museum,
Flint House, High Street,
Wallingford, OX10 0DB, UK
Phone: 01491 835065
Email:  admin@wallingfordmuseum.org.uk
http://www.wallingfordmuseum.org.uk

Open:
From March to November
Tuesday to Friday: 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Saturday: 10.30 am to 5.00 pm
Bank Holiday Mondays: 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm
From June to August As above, but also
Sundays: 2.00pm to 5.00pm

The Wallingford Historical & Archaeological Society (TWHAS)
Contact: Colin Clarke
TWHAS, Wallingford Museum,
Flint House, High Street,
WALLINGFORD,
OX10 0DB.
Email:  twhas@cmclarke.demon.co.uk
http://www.wallingfordmuseum.org.uk/twhas_home.htm

With 140 members, it organises events include lectures, oral history, photographic & historical research, management of Wallingford Museum, and an annual excavation project. Meets second Friday of the month at 7.45 pm in Wallingford Town Hall.

Programme for 2008:
2009 TWHAS TALKS Feb 13 AGM, Slide show and Quiz - David Beasley
March 13 Leather Making in Oxfordshire - Alan Raistrick
April 3 History of Toys and games - Caroline Goodfellow
May 8 How History Helps us Fly Safely - Roy Atkin
June 12 Conservation and Preservation of Historic Documents - Sue Horrigan, Senior Conservator, BRO
Sept 11 The Maladies of Medieval Monks - Prof. Greg Stores
Oct 9 Information Explosion and the 19th Century Printing Industry - Martin Andrews Nov 13 Secrets from The Depths: The River Thames Collection - Jill Greenaway
Dec11 Oxfordshire Fossils - Dr Steve Head

Reading Museum - holds many finds from the River Thames at Wallingford.
Thames Water Collection - objects from Wallingford
http://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/modes/scripts/modesd.dll?PhraseSelect=2414

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Limestone relief panel of Aquarius from Wallignford Castle, made about 1120, on display in Reading Museum

Ashmolean, Oxford - holds many artefacts from excavations, and coins from Wallingford Mint.
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/
Finds from Wallingford
http://www.ashmolean.org/ash/amps/leeds/AS_Oxfordshire/wallingford/wallingford_index.html

Bodleian Library, Oxford
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/

Centre for Oxfordshire Studies - useful collection of resources for local history.
http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council+Services/Leisure+and+culture/History+and+heritage/Oxfordshire+Studies/
Heritage search for Wallingford
http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/doitonline/finditonline/heritage
Viewfinder - pictures of Wallingford
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/results.aspx?index=0&mainQuery=Wallingford&searchType=all&form=home

British Museum, London
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
The seal-die of Godwin and Godgytha , found at Wallingford, is housed in the British Museum.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/seal-die_of_godwin_and_godgyth.aspx

British Library
Images of John of Wallingford (infirmarius) and from his chronicles, and Richard of Wallingford.
http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/results.asp?lstorients=All+Orientations&lstformats=&wwwflag=&changewwwflag=1&changetncaptions=1&tncaptions=&addposition=&disablepopup=yes&txtkeys1=Wallingford&collections=&pixperpage=24&searchprev=

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