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Wallingford Castle Precincts, par., Berks, partly in bor. of Wallingford, 31 ac., pop. 23; a strong castle was here constructed by William the Conqueror; it figured in the history of successive monarchy down to Charles I. in 1646, when it was taken and dismantled by Fairfax; only a small fragment of wall remains.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wallingford Castle Precincts Parish Berkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Wallingford |
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