Timeline of Reading, Berkshire

The following is a timeline of the history of Reading, the county town of Berkshire in England.

Reading Abbey gateway (in 1785)

Reading Mercury sign

Castle Street, photographed by (or for) Henry Fox Talbot (c. 1845)

Novelty biscuit tins (c. 1937)

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