Wallingford
Ancient market town on the Thames in Oxfordshire. Three Men in a Boat gives it a sweeping history from the Britons to the Civil War siege.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Men in a Boat | Jerome K. Jerome | backdrop | ’A very ancient town’: Britons, Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans and Fairfax’s siege. |
Three Men in a Boat — Jerome K. Jerome (1889)
Source: Exploration of Three Men in a Boat · Three Men in a Boat · Original · Readwise highlight
Wallingford, six miles above Streatley, is a very ancient town, and has been an active centre for the making of English history.
- Role: backdrop
- In the book: Six miles above Streatley, Wallingford gets a capsule history from the Britons and Romans through the Saxons, Danes and Normans to its siege by Fairfax in the Civil War.
- Why it matters: A history aside on the journey upstream; minor as a scene.