Lanchester, County Durham : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Wallingford. You may be able to find further references to Wallingford in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Allhallows parish Bartholomew
Wallingford municipal borough and market town Bartholomew
WALLINGFORD a town, four parishes, a sub-district, and a district Imperial
WALLINGFORD CASTLE an extra-parochial precinct Imperial
Wallingford Castle Precincts parish Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Wallingford.

Place Type of entry Source
CLAPCOT a liberty Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Wallingford within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
William Camden Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex 12
William Camden Durham, Lancashire and Westmorland 6
William Camden Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3
William Camden Saxons, Danes and Normans 2
William Camden Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire 2
William Gilpin London to Ross 2
Paul Hentzner A tour to Cambridge, Oxford and Windsor 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Clapcot 0 2
Sotwell 0 2
Crowmarsh 0 2
Brightwell 1 2
Benson 3 2
Shillingford 0 2
North Stoke 0 3
Cholsey 3 2
South Moreton 0 3
Moreton 0 2
Warborough 0 2
North Moreton 0 2
Berrick Salome 0 2
Little Wittenham 0 2
Newnham Murren 0 2
Ewelme 3 3
Mongewell 0 2
Dorchester 16 3
Aston Tirrold 0 2
Ipsden 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Wallingford. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
ALLHALLOWS John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
GALENA William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GALEVA William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GALL DOUR William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GALLENA William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GALLEVA OF ATTREBATS William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GALL SEVER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GUALHEN John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
GUALLENGAFORD William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WALLBROKE William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WALLENFORD William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WALLENGAFORD William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WALLENGFORD William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WALLINGFORD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
WALLINGFORD CASTLE John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
WALLINGFORD CASTLE PRECINCTS John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
WALL OF SEVER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.