More information : [SU 60988943] Site of [T.I.] East Gate [G.T.] (1)
The site of the E. gate is obviously incorrect and was
apparently so sited to accommodate the ford which is said to
have existed hereabouts. An alternative position is SU.60938949
at the intersection of the Town Wall, the E. end of the High
Street (which clearly follows the line of its mediaeval
predecessor) and a projection of the line of Wallingford
Bridge, itself of mediaeval date. The Town wall (or bank of the
burh) which here runs parallel to the Thames, has a significant
bend at this junction (a feature present at both the N & S
gates) which makes any suggestion that the original entrance
was elsewhere unlikely.
However, it should be noted that an East Gate is not mentioned
with the other gates of the town in 1555, and it is probable
that by that date it had been superseded by a gateway at the W.
end of the bridge with a chapel over. (See SU 68 NW 69). (2)
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