| LC control no. | nr 93049042 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Reading (England : Borough) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | England--Reading (Borough) |
| Variant(s) | Borough of Reading (England) |
| See also | Reading (England) |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | Berkshire (England) Oxfordshire (England) |
| Special note | Data provided by the ESTC/BL |
| Found in | Its An exact list of the voters at the election of burgesses to serve in Parliament for the borough of Reading in the county of Berks, 1754. GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 51°27ʹ00ʺN 000°58ʹ00ʺW) GEOnet, 17 February 2016 (Reading (approved and short); Borough of Reading; geopolitical entity name: United Kingdom; first-order administrative division name: Reading [Borough of Reading]; 51° 27ʹ 00ʺ N, 000° 58ʹ 00ʺ W; 51.45 [N], -.966667 [W]; first-order administrative division) Wikipedia, 17 February 2016 (Reading, Berkshire; a large town and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England; the first clear evidence for Reading as a settlement dates from the 8th century, when the town came to be known as Readingum; Reading has had some degree of local government autonomy since 1253, when the local merchant guild was granted a royal charter; since then, the town has been run by a borough corporation, as a county borough, and as a district of Berkshire; one of the largest urban areas in the United Kingdom to be without city status (after three unsuccessful bids); local government for the town of Reading is currently principally provided by Reading Borough Council, a single level unitary authority without civil parishes; Reading's municipal boundaries do not include all of the surrounding suburbs, some of which (Tilehurst, Calcot, Earley and Woodley) are, at least partly within West Berkshire or Wokingham Borough unitary authorities; these outer suburbs belong to civil parishes, in some cases with their own town status; the Borough of Reading became a unitary authority area in 1998, when Berkshire County Council was abolished under the Banham Review, and is now responsible for all aspects of local government within the borough; since 1887, the borough has included the former villages of Southcote and Whitley and small parts of Earley and Tilehurst; by 1911, it also encompassed the Oxfordshire village of Caversham and still more of Tilehurst; a small area of Mapledurham parish was added in 1977) |
| Geographic area code | e-uk-en |
| Associated language | eng |
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