History of Reading, Berkshire

Occupation at the site of Reading may date back to the Roman period, possibly as either a trading port on the River Thames, or as an intersection on the Roman road connecting London with Calleva Atrebatum near Silchester.[1]

  1. ^ Lawes Long, Henry (1836). Observations upon certain Roman roads and towns in the south of Britain. Kessinger Legacy. pp. 11–13.