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Reading (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 26 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.4333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at junction of rivers Thames & Kennet; site of Iron Age, Roman, & Saxon settlements; Benedictine abbey founded here by Henry I 1112; from 12th-16th cen., suffered from power struggles between abbey & merchant's guild & during 17th-cen. Civil War; Oscar Wilde was imprisoned here 1895-97 inspiring his "Ballad of Reading Gaol"; industries include brewing & printing. |
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| Reading (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Radinges (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Reddinges (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Redinges (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
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Reading (unitary authority) (P) |
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Reading (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled as a Danish encampment ca. 871 |
| town (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| county seat (H) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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