September 6th, 2017

Wallingford - Wallingford Castle - Dorchester on Thames - Dorchester Abbey
South Stoke - Goring-on-Thames - Streatley-on-Thames - Pangbourne Station - Englefield House


Narrowboats on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Tyle Mill Lock


Wallingford Castle was built by Robert D'Oyly between 1067 and 1071. Robert married Wigod of Wallingford's daughter Ealdgyth and ultimately inherited many of his father-in-law's lands Ruins Wallingford Castle


Fishing on the Thames at Wallingford	Wallingford Bridge William the Conqueror crossed here in 1066	Information panel about Wallingford


1. 4-bay Nave and Chancel with Apse 2. Pipe Organ by Davis of London, 1821 3. Mosaic Floor 4. 'Jesus' and 'St Peter' East Window, 1918 made by Morris & Co. and designed by John Henry Dearle In Memory of Nora Isabella Marshall d.1918 St Peter's Church, Wallingford


1. Window in Memory of Robert Edwin Jackson d.1909 by James Powell & Sons 2. Rood Screen - A gift of Miss Hedges of Wallingford Castle in Memory of her two sisters Sophia and Julia who died in 1921. The Saints represented are St Alban, St Birinus, St Nicholas, Virgin and Child, St Martin, St Osmund and St Frideswide 3. 'Annunciation' in Memory of Margaret, wife of Robert Dalzell, d.1911 by James Powell & Sons St Mary-le-More Wallingford Church Micro 1576


Italian Marble Pulpit, 1888 by Farmer and Brindley with 3 bronze panels by sculptor E. Onslow Ford St Mary-le-More Church, Wallingford	Victorian Encaustic Tile Floor St Mary-le-More Church, Wallingford	'Crucifixion' East Window by Clayton & Bell, 1879 Reredos in Memory of John Kirby Hedges, d.1901 St Mary-le-More Church, Wallingford


Wallingford Town Square	Old Post Office and Abbey Tower designed by Sir. G. Gilbert Scott Dorchester on Thames	Horse drawn carriage outside the George Hotel Dorchester on Thames


'The Thatched Cottage' C16th-C17th Half-timbered TudorCottage, Dorchester Abbey	Dorchester Abbey	Turret-Clock by John Moore & Sons of London, 1868 Dorchester Abbey


1. C12th Church restored c.1845 by James Cranston, 1846-53 by William Butterfield and 1859-74 by George Gilbert Scott 2. East Window c.1330 portraying Biblical scenes and scenes from the Lives of Saints and a C19th Wheel Window by M. O'Connor to designs by William Butterfield 3. 'The Ancestors of Christ' Jesse Window, C14th The tracery is decorated with 20 stone carved figures. The window sustained damage during the Puritan Reformation, 1649-1660 4. Lady Chapel Wall Painting by Rebecca Hind, 2013 Dorchester Abbey


Romanesque Lead Font c.1170-80 with Victorian Cover The Font has eleven Apostles seated beneath arcading, all holding a book Dorchester Abbey	C12th Font One of only 30 remaining Lead Fonts in Britain Dorchester Abbey	Ledger Stone of Mary Granger, d.1751 Also her eldest daughter, Rebeckah d.1758 Dorchester Abbey


'Bright Rising' painted Reredos by Rebecca Hind, 2013 Dorchester Abbey	Requiem Chapel The reredos was designed for the Missionary College as a memorial to students killed in the First World War Dorchester Abbey	Shrine to St Birinus designed by F. Russell Cox in 1964 The original marble Shrine built in 1330 was destroyed at the Reformation Dorchester Abbey	Georgian Altar Rail removed by William Butterfield and re-instated by George Gilbert Scott Dorchester Abbey


Sir John de Stonore 1280-1354 Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer Dorchester Abbey	Sir John de Stonore 1280-1354 (detail) Dorchester Abbey	The Swaggering Knight Effigy William de Valence the Younger, d.1282 in the Battle of Llandeilo Fawr in Wales. Son of Joan de Munchensi Dorchester Abbey	'Green Man' Corbel Dorchester Abbey


Unknown Female and Male Civilian Dorchester Abbey	Brass of the Arms of Richard Drayton, d.1468 Husband of Alice ( Kirkby) Dorchester Abbey	Abbot Richard Beauforest c.1510 Dorchester Abbey


Stained glass (detail) from the Great East Window Dorchester Abbey	St Birinus Roundel c.1225 Located in the St Birinus Chapel. It depicts St Birinus being blessed by Archbishop Asterius of Milan Dorchester Abbey	Stained glass (detail) from the Great East Window Dorchester Abbey


High Altar Frontal, 2008 by Helyne Jennings. Embroidered with gold and platinum threads on a silk backing Dorchester Abbey	Altar Frontal displaying the Coat of Arms of the Bishop of Oxford on the left and the Bishop of Lincoln on the right Dorchester Abbey	Dorchester Abbey Museum	C3rd or C4th copper-alloy Medusa Dorchester Abbey Museum


C14th Canopied Sedilia decorated with Stained Glass Dorchester Abbey	Stained Glass Sedilia with a depiction of St Birinus Dorchester Abbey	Corbel Head Dorchester Abbey	Corbel Head Dorchester Abbey


St Andrew's, South Stoke	Village Sign Goring-on-Thames	Looking down High Street from Rectory Gardens Goring-on-Thames


St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring-on-Thames	Stained glass window St Thomas, Goring-on-Thames	Monumental Brass to Elizabeth Loveday c.1400 St Thomas, Goring-on-Thames	Monumental Brass to Hugh Whistler of Gatehampton d.1615 and his wife St Thomas, Goring-on-Thames	Oak Rood Screen, 1910 in memory of Rev. Lionel Wallace. Designed by Mr Percy Stone of Goring St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring-on-Thames


Tapestry Kneelers with a music theme St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring-on-Thames


Tributes to George Michael at his home in Goring-on-Thames	Goring Lock	Houses on the Thames Goring-on-Thames	Weir Goring-on Thames


Parish Church of St Mary, Streatley-on-Thames	Pangbourne Staion	Gate House Englefield House

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