THE

HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD,

IN THE COUNTY OF BERKS,

FROM THE INVASION OF JULIUS CESAR

TO THE PRESENT TIME.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS CASTLE, CHURCHES, AND
MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS.

EMBRACING HISTORICAL NOTICES OF ADJACENT PARTS, AND AN

ATTEMPT TO FIX THE TRUE SITE OF

CALLEVA ATREBATUM.

BY

JOHN KIRBY HEDGES,

J.P., BERKS And Oxon.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

WILLIAM CLOWES & SONS, LIMITED,

13, CHARING CROSS.

1881.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

To

CHARLES MORRISON,

OF BASILDON PARK, ESQUIRE, ETC.,

IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY ACTS OF LIBERALITY

TO THE TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD OF WALLINGFORD,

THESE PAGES ARE BY PERMISSION INSCRIBED BY

HIS FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.