Wallingford Museum News

Wallingford Museum’s annual Family Archaeology day is coming up fast. Saturday 25 July is your opportunity to meet our local archaeologists, find our more about digging in Wallingford and the local area as well as getting hands-on with archaeology.  This is a drop in event running from 11am to 4pm, please note normal museum admission prices apply.

When you come don’t miss our latest exhibition:-

‘Digging for Wallingford’

This is a new small exhibition upstairs, (to the left off the shop), mounted by the TWHAS Archaeology group. It showcases some of the archaeology that TWHAS has been involved in within and around Wallingford. Wall displays summarise work we undertook on the section of Roman road at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell and the significance and background of this early road. The opposite wall focuses on metal detecting and the importance of responsible recording. The first thing that will catch your eye is a three-minute rolling slide-show of the archaeology team in action showing the sequence, methods and equipment used to explore and interpret our hidden heritage. Beneath this is an illuminated display of finds (all from Wallingford or neighbouring villages) including artefacts from the Bronze Age, through the Iron Age, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, medieval and post-medieval, right up to the modern day.

Wallingford - Town guided History Walks continue every Saturday until end of September 2026 Whether you a visitor to Wallingford or a resident, of long-standing or new to the town, the guided town walks offer something for everyone. Led by the members of The Wallingford Historical and Archaeological Society (TWHAS) the walks offer glimpses into the town’s history, that is there for us to see, but sometimes it takes a knowledgeable person to point them out.• Tours meet beneath the Town Hall in Wallingford Market Place and start at 11am. • Cost is £5 per head, for a tour lasting between 90 -120 mins. • Payment must be made by cash on the day• No advance booking just turn up

July 8 (Weds) – Charles Boundy:  “Before the Conquest – Wessex versus the Vikings – the wider picture” Charles’s talk will fill in some of the gaps between the reigns of King Alfred and Edward the Confessor, including Viking inroads, the role of Wessex as the ‘Last Kingdom’, and the Vikings in Dublin, York and Normandy through to the Danish Conquest under Sweyn and Cnut.

 It will be an overview of events that were later to lead to the Norman Conquest of 1066.