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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 an important business centre in South East England and is often referred to as the capital of the Thames Valley, with the headquarters of some major British companies and the UK offices of a number of major foreign multinationals, especially in the IT industry, including Microsoft, Oracle, Xansa and Sage.
		Reading and the surrounding area is divided between the parliamentary constituencies of Reading East and Reading West.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reading,_Berkshire (4263 words)

	Reading Minster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reading Minster, or the Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin as it is more properly known, is the oldest ecclesiastical foundation in Reading, Berkshire.
		Although eclipsed in importance by the later Reading Abbey, Reading Minster has regained its importance since the destruction of the Abbey and is now the seat of the Bishop of Reading.
		In the 11th century the Danes sacked Reading and the nunnery was destroyed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reading_Minster (504 words)

	Reading-Düsseldorf Association - About Reading (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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)

	History of Berkshire: The Siege of Reading
		Already a week previously the people of Reading were busy setting up posts and chains to guard the roads leading into their town.
		Soldiers were quartered in John Kendrick's house of industry in Minster Street, at the Friary, at the Royal stables in the old Hospital of St. John and in Thomas Harrison's barn on Whitley Hill.
		Reading remained in the hands of the Parliamentarians until the end of September 1643.
	www.britannia.com /history/berks/siegerdg.html (1706 words)

	Britannia: History of Reading (Berkshire)
		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)

	Minster Local School District schools - district elementary, middle, and high school information
		The state average for Reading was 78% in 2005.
		The state average for Reading was 75% in 2005.
		The state average for Reading was 92% in 2005.
	www.greatschools.net /cgi-bin/oh/district_profile/248 (834 words)

	Football at the Museum of Reading
		Reading and Notts County were the first clubs (of those now in the League) to enter the Cup in 1877.
		Reading hold the record for the worst ever defeat in the FA Cup sustained by a team now in the League.
		Reading were the first of the 40-odd clubs who joined the Football League in 1920-22 to score 5000 League goals.
	www.readingmuseum.org.uk /galleries/football/facts.htm (530 words)

	MATHTALK: USABLE ACCESS TO MATHEMATICS
		This is not an examination of the cognitive processes of reading, but the external, physical processes that enable visually based reading to take place in an active manner.
		Reading (or more accurately listening) often defaults to a passive reception of information at a pace dictated by the speech.
		A simple analysis of why the visual reading process is active results in the key notions of external memory and fast and accurate control of information flow.
	www.rit.edu /~easi/itd/itdv01n4/article5.htm (6150 words)

	Reading Minster of St Mary the Virgin, Reading, Berkshire \| Diocese of Oxford
		Diocese of Oxford » reading minster of st mary the virgin, reading
		The Minster was extensively restored in 1551-55, using materials recovered from Reading's Norman abbey.
		Reading Minster is open during the day as part of National Heritage weekend.
	www.achurchnearyou.com /venue.php?V=230&B=248 (226 words)

	Reading Borough Council : News > What's On > Heritage Open Days
		The Museum was founded, by the University of Reading, in 1951 to reflect and record the changing faces of farming and the countryside.
		Reading School is possibly the town's oldest institution, having been associated with The Abbey area since c 1125 and receiving charters from Henry VII and Elizabeth I and its own act of Parliament.
		Mapledurham House and Watermill, Mapledurham, nr Reading, signposted from A4074
	www.reading.gov.uk /event.asp?id=SX9452-A780DB73 (2082 words)

	Reading Borough Council : News > Council News > Explore Reading during Heritage Open Days
		A host of Reading's oldest buildings will open their doors to the public during 8 - 11 September to enable visitors to enjoy the architectural and historical attractions.
		This year there are a number of new entries including guided tours around the Reading School buildings and the chance to visit the newly re-opened Museum of Rural Life in its new home at St Andrew's Hall in Redlands Road.
		Catherine Wilton, Reading's Lead Councillor for Culture and Sport said: "This council is committed to preserving Reading's heritage and we run the Heritage Open Days to celebrate the real treasures we have and to give people a chance to go behind the scenes in some of our best loved buildings.
	www.reading.gov.uk /NewsArticle.asp?id=SX9452-A7810605 (494 words)

	Reading
		- Based at the University of Reading includes the Museum of English Rural Life and is a national research and information centre for the history of farming, food and the countryside.
		- Reading College and School of Arts and Design is a major provider of education and training in the Thames Valley.
		In 1846 the firm opened a large factory on Kings Road in Reading and by 1900 this business was the largest biscuit manufacturer in the world.
	www.town100.co.uk /Berkshire/reading.html (3795 words)

	Reading from God
		The first hospital in Reading, apart from the Abbey, was built in the parish of St. Giles on Whitley Hill.
		Reading and Thatcham were regarded as the headquarters of the Non-conformists.
		James’s Irish troops in Reading were caught off guard by William’s men who routed them in a savage fight through the streets of the town killing about 50 for the loss of six of their own.
	www.curve.org.uk /RFGP/RFGP_Civil_War.htm (2062 words)

	Berkshire History: Reading
		Reading Abbey was founded by King Henry I in 1121 as a private mausoleum for his family.
		Reading was essentially for Parliament during the Civil War, and was originally garrisoned, in 1642, by Henry Marten MP, Lord of Hinton Waldrist and several other North Berkshire Manors.
		The Reading hangmen would stop here for a drink with their victims before they were led to Gallows Tree Common in Earley.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /villages/reading.html (3334 words)

	Wimborne Minster, Dorset
		They may indeed consider that the minster church is not the equal of great buildings like the churches at Sherborne or Milton Abbey, but it fits its immediate context very well, and it looks good when viewed from outside of the town - e.g.
		William Loringe was one of the Canons of Wimborne Minster in the early part of the reign of Richard II.
		The initials T.B. on the 3rd and 4th bells [both by Samuel Knight of Reading] are those of Sir Thomas Bankes, the remaining letters on the 3rd being the initials of Matthew Raindle and Thomas Portell commemorated on the 4th.
	www.bath.ac.uk /~lismd/dorset/churches/wimborne-minster.html (1955 words)

	Minster Middle School Test Scores - Minster, Ohio - OH
		The different student groups are identified by the Ohio Department of Education; if there are a small number of students in a particular group in a school, the state may not report data for that group.
		The state average for Reading was 70% in 2004.
		The state average for Reading was 69% in 2005.
	www.greatschools.net /modperl/achievement/oh/2001 (689 words)

	Reading Minster of St Mary The Virgin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Reading Minster is the original church in the town.
		In 979 Queen Elfrida, second wife of the first king of England, Edward, founded a royal nunnery on the Minster site as an act of repentence for the murder of her stepson, Edward II.
		The Minster was extensively restored in 1551–55, using materials recovered from Reading's Norman abbey.
	www.readingminster.org.uk (158 words)

	Reading Borough Libraries: Great People of Reading
		Walter A. Cannon was a Reading union leader who was responsible for creating the resolution for nationalising "the Commanding Heights of Industry" which was carried out by the Labour Government in 1945.
		As a delegate from the National Union of Railwaymen No.2 Branch the same year when the Reading Trades Union Club was established in Oxford Street.(3) (In premises now occupied by the British School of Motoring and the Comrades Club.) WA Cannon was elected as a Trustee.
		Unchanged as the composite of resolutions from over 20 constituency parties it was moved by the Reading delegate Ian Mikardo in the face of determined opposition by the National Executive.
	www.readinglibraries.org.uk /services/local/cannon.htm (785 words)

	Berkshire History: Biographies: John Kendrick (1573-1624)
		John was educated at the Reading Free School, later called the Grammar School, which was housed in the old Abbey guesthouse near St.
		In October 1589, at the usual age of sixteen, John was sent to the traditional University College for Reading boys, St. John's in Oxford, founded only thirty-four years earlier by another Reading clothier, and Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas White.
		In Reading, they built "a strong house of Brick....with a fair garden adjoining" on land in Minster Street sold to them by the benefactor's brother, William, and called it the 'Oracle' after the man of vision: John Kendrick.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/jkendrick.html (1350 words)

	1871 - Reading FC Features
		He was a worshipper at the Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin for many years, and became involved in the running of the church and parish.
		Other positions he held were trustee of the Reading Municipal General Charities, member of the Board of Management of Royal Berkshire Hospital (and treasurer of the Board for a while).
		But most of all from this website's perspective, his crowning glory was to be the convener of the inaugural meeting of Reading Football Club, and to take on the role of first honorary secretary after it was agreed to form a club.
	www.btinternet.com /~rfc1871/news/features/josephsydenham.htm (1347 words)

	Event Directory - Reading (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was given to University of Reading in 1911, and opened as Museum of Rural Life in July 2005.
		Reading's oldest church, dating from 979, Grade I listed with a spacious interior and many interesting monuments.
		St Laurence was originally part of Reading Abbey, the building has undergone extensive modern re-ordering.
	www.heritageopendays.org /ed/berkshire/reading.shtml (748 words)

	Reading Berkshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Someone mentioned that during the war three bombs were dropped on Reading, does anyone know were they landed,
		"Reading's worst World War 2 air-raid was in February 1943.
		Many thanks John B. very constructive and helpful one on the People pantry, another at the back of Wellsteeds Minster street.
	www.reading-forum.co.uk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=706 (103 words)

	William Man (1778 - 1874)
		William Man was born in 1778 at Reading, Berkshire, the second son of John and Sarah (Baker) Man, and was baptized on 17 June at St Mary the Virgin, Reading.
		Three letters to the editor of the Christian Observer, on a review in the journal, of a work entitled the Principles of population and production, as they are affected by the progress of society, with a view to moral and political consequences.
		This is the spot in Reading Cemetery where William Man is buried.
	www.manfamily.org /William_Man.htm (588 words)

	Reading: St Laurence, Reading, Berkshire \| Diocese of Oxford
		we are a mission church in the centre of Reading living to see non church young people come to faith and build new models of church with them.
		We meet in a wonderfully re-ordered twelfth century church building, and seek to be a community which lives out the good news of the Kingdom with and among young people of the town.
		Reading : Reading Minster of St Mary the Virgin
	www.achurchnearyou.com /venue.php?V=5534 (144 words)

	Heterosexual accepts bishop's post declined by gay appointee \| News \| Advocate.com
		Meeting the press in Reading, Cottrell, a former canon pastor and vice dean of Peterborough Cathedral, called for more understanding of homosexuality in the church.
		Cottrell said he learned of his appointment only Saturday and that his colleagues had been told Tuesday, as "the church likes to shroud these things in great secrecy for some reason." His appointment was officially announced by 10 Downing Street and has been approved by the queen.
		At a press conference Tuesday at Reading Minster of St. Mary the Virgin, Cottrell said he has feelings of trepidation and expectation about his new role.
	www.advocate.com /news_detail_ektid3577.asp (218 words)

	Reading Tourism - Visitor Services, A Partnership for Reading
		Reading Tourism Services has become the Minster's tenant, sharing it's home with the parish office (which is now based on the first floor of the building).
		The Visitor Centre is an excellent example of local organisations working together for the benefit of Reading people.
		It is anticipated that eventually the new centre will become the place to book all your UK travel - whether coach, rail or local bus - and that services will be expanded to include a reservations system for everything from hotels to restaurants and attractions.
	www.readingtourism.org.uk /visitor/partnership.htm (292 words)

	Minster Schools
		The impact of the state funding cuts, expense increases, and lower business valuations, means the responsibility falls on us, the taxpayers.
		The Minster students have many academic and athletic opportunities available to them, from band to drama, writing competitions, creative thinking and accelerated reading—the list goes on and on.
		Applications for absentee ballots are available at Minster High School, the Post Office, or F.J. Stallo Library.
	www.minster.k12.oh.us /newlevy.htm (408 words)

	Reading and Speightstown Twinning Website - BAFA Events in 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Throughout the day on Saturday, there was a myriad of events in Reading Town Centre which was attended by the Deputy High Commissioner, Herbert Yearwood and Mrs Yearwood and members of BAFA.
		Reading’s other twin towns are Dusseldorf in Germany, Clonmel in Ireland and San Francisco Libra in Nicaragua
		It was attended by the Mayor of Reading, members from the other twin towns, and of course a large number of members, friends and their families.
	www.reading-speightstown.org /bafa/2003events.html (675 words)

	Reading from God
		John Wesley preached in Reading (1747) under threat that a hired mob was coming to tear down the preaching house.
		In 1912 one in five families in Reading were considered to be living in serious poverty.
		Hugh Farringdon, the last Abbott of Reading Abbey was hanged outside the Abbey Gates.
	www.curve.org.uk /RFGP/RFGP_Historical.htm (549 words)

	Shelter: Advice services directory
		There are 8 services in Reading that might be able to help you.
		Mediate in disputes between tenants and private Landlords in cases of illegal eviction and harassment.
		Reading Citizens Advice Bureau, 160-163 Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1he.
	england.shelter.org.uk /advice/advice-1005.cfm/nearby/0/region/01SS18 (299 words)

	CBS Summer Reading
		I think that this summer reading assignment will help you to keep your skills sharp and help keep you interested in reading and writing.
		Each time you see a new word while you are reading, write it down in the first column and write what you think it means in the second column right away.
		Reading response: Please write four letters to your main character (Luke in Among the Hidden, Ella in Ella Enchanted, or Claudia in From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs.
	www.bordentown.k12.nj.us /cbs/summer/gradesix.htm (500 words)

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