This book is dedicated to reminiscing what a beauty the second largest county in England is. Mansel Sympson appreciated the beautiful nature, the vast farmland, beautiful sky, and incredible architecture it possesses. Enjoy the beautiful stories of the county and its rich culture.

This book has exciting new material about Australias beginnings, and in particular about the third mainland settlement which grew at the River Hawkesbury. It tackles controversial themes, including the meeting of European and Indigenous cultures, and delves into the local results of the influence of the French Revolution.

"This monograph details the results of a major archaeological project based on and around the historic town of Wallingford in south Oxfordshire. Founded in the late Saxon period as a key defensive and administrative focus next to the Thames, the settlement also contained a substantial royal castle established shortly after the Norman Conquest. The volume traces the pre-town archaeology of Wallingford and then analyses the town's physical and social evolution, assessing defences, churches, housing, markets, material culture, coinage, communications and hinterland. Core questions running through the volume relate to the roles of the River Thames and of royal power in shaping Wallingford's fortunes and identity and in explaining the town's severe and early decline."