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May 18, 2024 · Reading, town and unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Berkshire, southern England, 38 miles (61 km) west of London. It is an important junction of railways running west from London and south from the Midlands, and the Kennet and Avon Canal (to Bath and Bristol) and the River Thames.
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A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3. Covers the eleven hundreds in the eastern half of the county, bordering Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire. The volume includes accounts of Maidenhead, Windsor (including Windsor Castle), Wokingham and Reading. Victoria County History - Berkshire. Originally published by Victoria County History ...
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3 days ago · The origin of Reading was probably commercial, but its growth was no doubt fostered by the presence of a religious house which was founded there at an uncertain date, and which was destroyed probably by the Danes in 1006. (fn. 1) Reading is a Parliamentary borough and the capital of Berkshire, and it is rapidly growing.
May 9, 2024 · Reading became rich on its cloth trade and was the largest town in Berkshire by the end of the 16th century. The 18th century saw the arrival of ironworks and the growth of the brewing trade for which the town became famous.
3 days ago · In 1207 the abbey of Reading was still considered to be a Cluniac house, (fn. 5) but soon after this date it seems to have become attached to the general Benedictine order. The buildings of the abbey, with the exception of the church, were completed in five years.
May 13, 2024 · Pittsfield — The Berkshire County Historical Society (BCHS) has received a $10,000 historic-preservation grant from Preservation Massachusetts in association with the 1772 Foundation. In addition, BCHS has received a $15,000 grant from the Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust. These grants will be used to replace lost historic louvered shutters to ...
May 9, 2024 · The county was created in 1751 and named for Berkshire, England. Industrial growth followed the opening of the Schuylkill Canal (1824), the Union Canal (1828), the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (1838), and the Schuylkill Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad (1884).
