Situated near the River Thames in Wallingford, in the English county of Oxfordshire, formerly Berkshire, Wallingford Castle was a prominent medieval fortress. It was originally built as a motte-and-bailey structure inside of an Anglo-Saxon burgh in the eleventh century. During the years of the Anarchy civil war, it was kept for the Empress Matilda and withstood several sieges before being taken. It evolved into an opulent castle over the following two centuries, used by nobility and their close ... (Read More)