Wallingford Corn Exchange Roof Fund Appeal
The 160 year old Corn Exchange roof is leaking and needs major repairs. To do this we need your help to raise funds.
Wallingford’s historic Corn Exchange is embarking on a major project costing £500,000 to replace the roof on the Grade II listed Victorian building. The existing glass roof, the 1856 original, leaks badly in poor weather and is damaging the building’s interior and infrastructure.
The Corn Exchange Wallingford Roof Appeal has been launched and a number of fund raising events will be held during the year to secure the finances.
A dedicated team of volunteers has already started the process of applying for various grants and will be appealing to local businesses for sponsorship. If you can help, please email:
StopSingingInTheRain@cornexchange.org.uk
Work is expected to start in July and will be completed early autumn in time for the coming season of films, live shows and Sinodun Players’ productions.
So, if you love theatre and cinema and would like to donate to help preserve this very important amenity for Wallingford and surrounding area, here’s how to do it:
Cash or cheques (payable to Sinodun Players) can be placed in a special box in the Corn Exchange foyer, or post cheques to fundraising co-ordinator:
John Warburton
Corn Exchange
Market Place
Wallingford
OX10 0EG
Donations can be made by BACS to:
Sinodun Players
National Westminster Bank
Sort code 60-22-19
Account No. 66525705 (ref ‘roof fund’).
You can also make donations through our Just Giving site:
For more details on the project please download our brochure:
Thank you for your support!
Places to see in ( Wallingford - UK )
Places to see in ( Wallingford - UK )
Wallingford is an ancient market town and civil parish in the upper Thames Valley in England. Historically in Berkshire, it was transferred to Oxfordshire for the purposes of administration in 1974. Wallingford is situated 12 miles (19 km) north of Reading, 13 miles (21 km) south of Oxford and 11 miles (18 km) north west of Henley-on-Thames.
The town's royal but mostly ruined Wallingford Castle held high status in the early medieval period as a regular royal residence until the Black Death hit the town badly in 1349. Empress Matilda retreated here for the final time from Oxford Castle in 1141. The castle declined subsequently, much stone being removed to renovate Windsor Castle. Nonetheless the town's Priory produced two of the greatest minds of the age, the mathematician Richard of Wallingford and the chronicler John of Wallingford.
Wallingford is on the west bank of the River Thames downstream of Oxford and lies at the foot of the Chilterns. On the opposite bank are the villages of Crowmarsh Gifford and Newnham Murren, connected to the town by Wallingford Bridge, a 300 yard long medieval stone bridge crossing the river and adjacent flood plain. At southern end of the town is the settlement of Winterbrook. The town bypass crosses the river to the southwest over Winterbrook Bridge.
Wallingford grew up around an important crossing point of the River Thames. The place has been fortified since at least Anglo-Saxon times, when it was an important fortified borough of Wessex with the right to mint Royal coinage. It was enclosed with substantial earthworks by King Alfred the Great in the 9th century as part of a network of fortified towns known as burhs or burghs to protect Wessex against the Vikings.
Wallingford Castle was built soon afterwards and became a key strategic centre for the Empress Matilda's party during the civil war that began after her father Henry I's death. After the fall of Oxford Castle to Stephen in 1141, Matilda fled to Wallingford, according to some historic accounts in the snow under a moonlit sky.
Wallingford flourished as a trading centre throughout most of the Middle Ages, and Wallingford Priory produced two of the greatest minds of the age, the mathematician Richard of Wallingford and the chronicler John of Wallingford. After the opening of Abingdon Bridge in 1416 the town went into economic decline.
The River Thames has been a transport route for centuries and Wallingford's growth as a town relied partly on it. Coal was supplied from North East England by coaster to London and then by barge upriver to Wallingford. This supply could be unreliable in seasons when river currents were too strong or water levels were too low. In 1789 the Oxford Canal reached Oxford from Warwickshire and the Duke's Cut at Wolvercote gave it a connection to the Thames.
On 2 July 1866, the Wallingford and Watlington Railway was opened between Cholsey and Wallingford. Its relative speed and reliability enabled it to take a large share of goods previously carried on the Thames. Unfortunately, two months earlier, in May 1866, the Overend, Gurney & Co bank had crashed causing one of the severest financial crises of the 19th century.
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Fund Appeal to Restore Corn Exchange Wallingford's Roof Reaches Halfway Mark
An appeal for funds to restore the roof of the Wallingford Corn Exchange has now passed the halfway mark. The group of volunteers that help run the facility, started the campaign to raise £500,000 to restore the leaking roof. Now having reached almost £3,000, the donations have secured the project.
Avanti restaurant Oxfordshire Wallingford UK
Party time at Avanti restaurant Wallingford
Wallingford Carnival 2015
Ryewolf Acrobats, Wallingford Bunkfest
Written by Rik Knight and Mike Tuffery about their experiences at Bunkfest in 2012. As Mike and Rik were walking back to the car park on Sunday night, Two teenage girls were using the lights shining out from The Kinecroft to form shadows on a white washed wall and were having great fun dancing with them. Moments before the members of RyeWolf had, along with the rest of the crowd been joining in with the Warsaw Village Band in howling at the moon. In seconds a chorus was formed.
Bunkfest is a free weekend festival that takes place in Wallingford each year at the end of August/start of September.
The video is made with thanks to the photographers who let us use their pictures of the 2012 Wallingford Bunkfest
All photographs in this video are held under copyright by the photographers who took them.
ryewolf.co.uk
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England from Travel with Iva Jasperson
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England from Travel with Iva Jasperson
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Wallingford is an ancient market town and civil parish in the upper Thames Valley in England. Historically in Berkshire, it was transferred to Oxfordshire in 1974. Wallingford is situated 12 miles (19 km) north of Reading, 13 miles (21 km) south of Oxford and 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Henley-on-Thames. The town's royal but mostly ruined Wallingford Castle held high status in the early medieval period as a regular royal residence until the Black Death hit the town badly in 1349. Empress Matilda retreated here for the final time from Oxford Castle in 1141. The castle declined subsequently, much stone being removed to renovate Windsor Castle. Nonetheless, the town's Priory produced two of the greatest minds of the age, the mathematician Richard of Wallingford and the chronicler John of Wallingford.
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Wallingford BunkFest 2014 First World War Singalong in Comrades Club 02
The Cask of Amontillado
Performed at The Corn Exchange Theatre, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England.
This performance has won a number of awards including:
The Henley Drama Festival
* The Magic Moment for the opening sequence
*Best supporting actors for the 3 gypsies
*Best stage presentation
*Best overall production
Abingdon drama festival
*The Colin Dexter award for the most dramatic moment for the opening sequence (only one given at that festival )
Wallingford Drama Festival
*The Punters Prize - awarded by votes from audience members who have seen every play
*The Magic moment award for the opening sequence.
The Cask of Amontillado
Adapted from a short story by Edgar Allen Poe
By India M Van Camp
Directed by Michael Huntington
Original Music composed by Alan Lineham
Choreographer David Parsonson
Costume design by Julie Huntington
The story is set in the vaults beneath the river in Venice during Carnival season... Montresor seeks to take revenge on Fortunato... but why? Do we find out? Are there any clues in the dialogue....?
Wallingford Leavers' Day Video 2017
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Wallingford Choir
Children's Choir 10th March 2012
Alan Burke sings at the Wallingford Bunkfest 2010 (Take 2)
Alan Burke starts with a singing session on a river boat during Wallingford Bunkfest 2010. Great stuff.
Cornucopia Appalachian Dance Group at Wallingford Bunkfest
This is the Cornucopia Appalachian dance group doing a dance called Cricket On The Hearth at the Wallingford Bunkfest in 2012.
For more information about the group go to
Wallingford Car Rally & Vehicle Parade 2017 PROMO
Made by: Wallingford 1155 Giving back
Made using: FlySnap FlySnap.co.uk
Wallingford Bunkfest 2013 (preparation before the Bunkfest start)
Rose Hips (Bellydancers) at Bunkfest 2014
We stumbled across this free festival in Wallingford. Loved how it was so traditional and very British!
On the banks of the Thames in South Oxfordshire, Wallingford BunkFest is a free-access community festival providing a unique, family friendly celebration with something for everyone. BunkFest's 13th year of life - starting from a small marquee in a pub car park to filling the KineCroft and providing entertainment throughout Wallingford, on the River Thames and on the Bunk Railway line.
Wallingford Bunkfest 2008
Wallingford Bunkfest 2008
Larry Miller Band - Blues Man -Wallingford Blues & Beer Festival England 2014
Larry Miller Band at Wallingford Blues & Beer Festival on Saturday 31st May 2014 with their opening number. Loads of bass because video taken next to the bass speakers
Video by Trevor Ridvidd
The Wallingford Pancake Race 2017
Shrove Tuesday in Oxfordshire can mean only thing; The annual Wallingford pancake race. Locals turned out in their hunderds to witness the traditional races around the Market Square.