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Reading, Berkshire history
Early years
The name probably comes from the Readingas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe whose name means Reada’s People in Old English. In 870, an army of Danes invaded the kingdom of Wessex and set up camp at Reading. William the Conqueror gave land in and around Reading to his foundation of Battle Abbey. Battle Abbey was founded in 1121 by Henry I, who is buried within the Abbey grounds. Reading played a significant role during the Revolution of 1688: the second Battle of Reading was the only military action of the campaign.
20th century
The town continued to expand in the 20th century, annexing Caversham across the River Thames in 1911. The Lower Earley development, built in 1977, extended the urban area of Reading as far as the M4 motorway, which acts as the southern boundary of the town.
21st century
Reading is one of the largest urban areas in the UK to be without city status. Three people were killed and three others seriously injured in a mass stabbing at Reading’s Forbury Gardens that is being treated as a terrorist incident.
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