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	Reading, Berkshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reading is a town and unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) in the English county of Berkshire.
		Reading is the 17th largest settlement, and the largest town, in England, based on the population of the urban sub-area.
		Reading maintained its representation by two Members of Parliament with the Reform Act 1832, and the borough was one of the ones reformed as a municipal borough by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reading,_Berkshire (4318 words)

	Reading Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.
		Following its royal foundation, the abbey was established by a party of monks from the French abbey of Cluny, together with monks from the Cluniac priory of St Pancras at Lewes in Sussex.
		Because of its royal patronage, the abbey was one of the pilgrimage centres of medieval England, and one of its richest and most important religious houses, with possessions as far away as Herefordshire and Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reading_Abbey (702 words)

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		Reading is a Berkshire unitary district within the traditional county of Berkshire on the south bank of the River Thames, halfway between London and Oxford.
		During the 19th century Reading grew rapidly as a manufacturing centre - in 1851 the population was 21,500 and by 1900 it was 59,000 - large sections of the housing in Reading are terraced, reflecting its 19th-century growth.
		The abbey was largely destoyed in 1538 during the dissolution and Henry VIII had the abbot, Hugh Cook Faringdon, hanged.
	www.readingfestival.info (689 words)

	Reading Abbey
		Henry I was buried in the abbey, as were parts of Empress Maud, Prince William the Count of Poitiers, Princess Constance of York, and Princess Isabella of Cornwall, among others.
		The abbey was one of the pilgrimage centres of medieval England.
		The abbey was largely destroyed in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and Henry VIII had the abbot, Hugh Cook Faringdon, hanged.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/re/Reading_Abbey.html (86 words)

	Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Reading \| British History Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		William, the eldest son of the king, died in 1156, and was buried in the abbey, as was Reginald, earl of Cornwall, a natural son of Henry I, in 1175.
		On 28 March, 1228, when Henry III was at Reading, the abbot was successful in resisting the claim of the bailiff of Windsor to tolls on the vessels of the abbey descending and ascending the Thames to and from London with goods and merchandise.
		Reading was one of those abbeys where the crown claimed to pension a clerk on the house until such time as they could find a benefice for him, on each new creation of an abbot.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=40057 (7295 words)

	Reading Abbey
		From the beginning it was an independent English abbey, which, whilst retaining the Cluniac observance, elected its own abbots, paid no impost to the mother-house, was exempt from Cluniac visitation, and never acknowledged the jurisdiction of the General Chapter or Abbot of Cluny.
		The abbey precincts covered about thirty acres and were surrounded on three sides by a great wall with four embattled gateways, one of which, the western or compter gate, served as the town prison.
		The chief spiritual treasures of the abbey were the hand of St. James the Apostle (now in the sacristy of St. Peter's, Marlow-on-Thames), presented by Henry I, and the skull of St. Philip, given by King John.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/r/reading_abbey.html (448 words)

	reading town_history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In 1006 the Danes pillaged Reading and a convent of nuns was destroyed.
		Reading Abbey was built "in the sorrowful days" after Henry Ist, the youngest son of William the Conquerer, lost his only legitimate son and successor William in 1120 when the "White Ship" went down with its drunken passengers and crew at the beginning of a return journey from France.
		In 1439, 1452 and 1466, Parliament was held at Reading because of outbreaks of plague in London.
	www.go-berkshire.co.uk /reading_history.htm (1541 words)

	Reading Abbey
		It was while staying at the Abbey, the previous year, that Henry II had witnessed the trial by combat of Henry De Essex and Robert De Montfort on De Monfort Island in the Thames.
		It was also at Reading Abbey, in 1185, that the Heraclius, Patriach of Jerusalem offered Henry II the crown of his city, if he would defend it against the infidels.
		The Abbey’s Hospitium, the guest house for pilgrims, was converted into the Royal Grammar School of King Henry VII in 1485.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Documents/reading_abbey.htm (850 words)

	Reading (Berkshire) Travel Guide
		Reading is a city in Berkshire in the south of England.
		Reading is also the center of an attractive area of the Thames Valley, with the rivers, green rolling hills, thatched cottages and pubs and a selection of small towns and villages.
		Reading is the home of The University of Reading (http://www.rdg.ac.uk/) which is based on a campus two miles from the city centre and provides a full set of university courses.
	www.imakoopedia.org /en/article/Reading_(Berkshire) (3821 words)

	A History of Reading, Berkshire, England
		In the Middle Ages Reading prospered because it was on the main road between London and the West of England.
		Reading also benefited from the Abbey, which was built by Henry I in 1121-1125.
		The last Abbot was hanged outside the abbey gates for refusing to recognize Henry as head of the church of England.
	www.localhistories.org /reading.html (2417 words)

	Berkshire History: Reading Abbey, a History
		The Abbey of Reading, dedicated to the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, was founded by King Henry I in June 1121, on a site between the rivers of Thames (on the north) and Kennet (on the south), much nearer to the latter.
		His charter of 1125 begins with the statement that there were three abbeys in England which had been done away with because of their sins, that is Reading, Chelsea and Leominster.
		The Abbey fell to the King and the expelled monks were not even pensioned until Queen Mary's reign.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /churches/reading_abbey.html (792 words)

	Reading from God
		The Abbey was also concerned for the welfare of the poor and sick and with hospitality for pilgrims.
		Reading Abbey was designed and built by the Priory of St Pancras at Lewes, the main monastery of the Ciuniac Order in England (Interestingly the town now burns an effigy of the Pope instead of Guy Fawkes on November 5th).
		Reading was among the last of the great monasteries to be dissolved by Henry Vlll’s legal looting of church property.
	www.curve.org.uk /RFGP/RFGP_Middle_Ages.htm (1403 words)

	Reading-Düsseldorf Association - About Reading (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Reading is the county town of Berkshire, situated where the River Kennet joins the River Thames, about 33 miles west of London.
		Reading is close to the M4 motorway, and is linked by railway lines in all directions, with regular services to all the major British cities.
		Reading developed as a market town and county town of Berkshire, particularly after the opening of the Kennet Navigation in 1723 and its extension to Bristol as the Kennet and Avon Canal in 1810.
	www.reading-dusseldorf.org.uk /en/Reading.htm (560 words)

	Reading Tourism - About Reading
		Its historic importance as the county town of Royal Berkshire, is often overshadowed by the fact most people know Reading as a major transport interchange, and as a major commercial centre, capital of the Thames Valley economic region.
		The Forbury Gardens and Abbey Ruins - these beautiful formal gardens were once the forecourt of Reading Abbey, and the ruins of the Abbey itself can be found between the park and the river Kennet.
		Reading Gaol (or Reading Young Offenders Centre in its current form) is right next to the Abbey Ruins enshrined forever in literature thanks to the epic poem written by its most famous inmate, Oscar Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol.
	www.readingtourism.org.uk /aboutreading (749 words)

	Wikinfo \| Reading, England
		Reading is a town and unitary authority within the county of Berkshire in England.
		By the end of the sixteenth century Reading was the largest town in Berkshire, home to over 3,000 people.
		During the nineteenth century Reading grew rapidly as a manufacturing centre - in 1851 the population was 21,500 and by 1900 it was 59,000 - large sections of the housing in Reading are terraced, reflecting its nineteenth century growth.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Reading,_England (789 words)

	Britannia: History of Reading (Berkshire) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		It was also at Reading Abbey, in 1185, that the Patriach of Jerusalem offered Henry II the crown of his city, if he would defend it against the infidels.
		Reading was where the oldest recorded British song, Sumer is icumen in, was written, but its major claim to fame was as one of the great pilgrimage centres of medieval England.
		The borough pillory was nearby in the centre of the market-place.
	www.britannia.com /history/berks/reading.html (3214 words)

	Accio 2005 - UK Harry Potter Conference - About Reading (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Reading is pronounced "redding" and is thought to owe its name to the old Saxon 'Readingas' (rey-ad-ing-as), or the 'people of Read', Read being the name of a local Saxon leader.
		Reading was of historic importance as it marked the spot where the River Thames and the River Kennet joined.
		The abbey ruins are a romantic reminder of the town's past hidden amongst the office blocks and concrete of the modern town centre.
	www.accio.org.uk /reading.shtml (491 words)

	Reading Borough Council : Leisure and Culture > Medieval
		The abbey was founded in 1121 by the youngest son of William the Conqueror, Henry I, who intended it to be his memorial and burial place.
		The presence of the Abbey was a major economic stimulus to the town which serviced the visitors and the pilgrims, benefited from the fairs, and supplied the Abbey itself with goods and services.
		The Abbot was Lord of Reading and as the town became prosperous there were frequent disputes with the burgesses who wanted greater independence and self determination.
	www.reading.gov.uk /leisureandculture/General.asp?id=SX9452-A77F6D16 (270 words)

	Reading (England) - Wikitravel
		Reading [1] (prounced like "redding", not "reeding") is a town in Berkshire in the south of England.
		Reading is at the heart of an attractive area of the Thames Valley, sitting across the confluence of the Thames and Kennet rivers amid green rolling hills, thatched cottages and pubs.
		Reading is also the home of The University of Reading which is based on a campus two miles from the city centre and provides a full set of university courses.
	wikitravel.org /en/Reading_(Berkshire) (4330 words)

	Reading Tourism - Visitor Services, Frequently Asked Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Reading (pronounced Red-ding) is the historic county town of Royal Berkshire.
		Reading is set amongst the lovely countryside of three surrounding counties - Hampshire, Oxfordshire and (of course) Berkshire.
		Reading town centre is easy to get around due to the main shopping area being concentrated very close to the railway station.
	www.readingtourism.org.uk /visitor/faqs.htm (998 words)

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		Reading Abbey was founded by king Henry I in the town of Reading in Berkshire in 1121.
		The richest source of reading and images on the history of the Abbey is the Local Studies Collection at Reading Central Library - visit the website - www.readinglibraries.org.uk - and click on "catalogue".
		At present the Abbey Ruins are being conserved as part of the Forbury Gardens Restoration Project.
	www.berksarch.co.uk /fora/lesabbey/home.htm (262 words)

	Reading Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Reading Abbey pages might be my favourite section of the Reading Museum website.
		Reading Abbey was founded in 1121 by Henry I. As one of the wealthiest abbeys in medieval England it changed the shape of Reading, making it the most important town in the Thames valley.
		Henry VIII collected the wealth of the Abbey at Reading, as from so many other Abbeys in the kingdom also dissolved at this time, for his royal use.
	www.mirabilis.ca /archives/001175.html (220 words)

	SparkNotes: Northanger Abbey: Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
		Catherine reads Udolpho during her time at Bath, and it is implied that she has read similar novels before, and Isabella has a library of other Gothic novels that the women plan to read once Catherine has finished Udolpho.
		It would be going a bit too far to say that Catherine is an expert at reading people by the end of the novel, but she does become better at it, and she has learned when imagination can aid perception, and when it can hurt it.
		When the Abbey turns out to be disappointingly normal, Catherine uses her memory of the abbeys from her novel-reading to make it more frightening.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/northangerabbey/themes.html (1222 words)

	Touring Reading Abbey on Britannia: The Abbey Gateway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Commonly known as the "Abbey Gateway," this was the smallest of several entrances to various parts of the monastery.
		It was the meeting place of Abbot and townsfolk and confrontation between the two was rife in the Middle Ages, particularly over the Mayoral elections.
		It was part of the Royal Palace that superseded the Abbot's House for a while, but in the 18th century became the original home of the 'Abbey School' which was attended, for several years, by the author, Jane Austen.
	www.britannia.com /tours/berks/rdgab13.html (176 words)

	Hugh COOK of Faringdon (Abbot of Reading)
		Hugh Faringdon alias Hugh Cook was sub-chamberlain of the Benedictine Abbey of Reading at the death of Abbot Thomas Worcester in Jul 1520, and was elected to supply the vacancy.
		In 1535, the Abbot, it is said, intended to have resigned in favour of the Prior of Leominster, a cell of Reading, but changed his intention in consequence of the passing of the Statute of Abatement of Pensions.
		When the commissioners to take the surrender of the monasteries visited Reading Abbey, they reported favourably of the Abbot's willingness to conform, but the surrender of the Abbey does not happen to be extant, and it is not therefore known whether Faringdon signed it.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/HughCookFaringdon.htm (584 words)

	Reading vs Abbey 26 August 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Reading warmed up for the new season with a local derby friendly against, Reading Abbey, from Powergen South West Division Two and were given a sterling challenge before emerging as worthy winners.
		From Reading's point of view they started poorly and were not surprised when Reading Abbey Number 8 intercepted a poor pass to score.
		Reading then began to look impressive throwing the ball down their speedy back division, taking the lead when the irrepressible Simon Dyson finished a try on the wing, Nick Brooks converting (29 mins).
	www.readingrfc.co.uk /ReadingvsAbbey.html (297 words)

	Bordesley Abbey Project
		The main focus of the Bordesley Abbey Project is currently post-excavation analysis and publication of the results of extensive excavation and fieldwork.
		Three monographs have already been published - on the excavations of the south transept and chancel/crossing/choir of the abbey church and of the abbey's metalworking watermills and workshops - and numerous articles.
		The work of the Bordesley Abbey Project over more than thirty years is summarised in the illustrated review (2000) by the project's directors, Grenville Astill, Sue Hirst and Susan M Wright, which follows.A revised and updated version of this paper appears in volume 161 of the Archaeological Journal for 2004, published in 2005.
	www.rdg.ac.uk /bordesley (267 words)

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