One of the features of the Covid-19 lockdown is that many people have spent time unearthing things of interest from their homes and attics and researching their history. As a result, although Wallingford Museum has been unable to re-open yet, we have been receiving a gentle flow of historical questions.
The present Centre 70 community centre had a previous life as one of Wallingford’s longest-established schools, serving the town from 1861 to 1968.
One of Wallingford’s most iconic buildings is Flint House and the adjoining Flint Cottage, which together once formed a substantial late medieval hall-house, with two wings and a central hall.
By Judy Dewey, curator of Wallingford Museum.
THE riverside site of Wallingford’s Boathouse Restaurant (fig 1) is a little corner of the town with a fascinating history.
By Judy Dewey, curator of Wallingford Museum.
THANKS to a great response to Wallingford Museum’s appeal for local people to lend items with a story behind them, ‘Treasures with Tales’ is a special new exhibition opening at the museum on March 1.
