Suburbs of Reading - Caversham, Berkshire (Paperback)

Chapters: Caversham, Berkshire. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 72. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Caversham is a suburb and former village (locals still call Caversham The Village), in the unitary authority of Reading, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, on the opposite bank from the rest of Reading. Caversham Bridge, Reading Bridge and Caversham Lock (pedestrian only) provide crossing points, with Sonning Bridge a few miles east of Caversham. Caversham was part of the administrative county of Oxfordshire until 1911 and for administrative purposes formed an urban district. It was transferred to Berkshire when it became part of the county borough of Reading. Caversham spreads across from the River Thames floodplain (to the east) and up the foothills of the Chilterns. Besides central Caversham (the shopping area and immediate residential surrounds), there are distinct areas known as Caversham Heights on the higher ground to the west, Lower Caversham to the south east, and Caversham Park Village to the north east on what was the parkland of Caversham Park. Emmer Green, to the north, may also be considered part of Caversham. The first written description of Caversham appeared in the Domesday Book. This entry indicates that a sizable community had developed with a considerable amount of land under cultivation. Some time before 1106 a Shrine of Our Lady was established in Caversham. Its precise location is unknown, but it may have been near the present St. Peter's parish church. It became a popular place of pilgrimage, along with the chapel of St. Anne on the bridge and her well, whose waters were believed to have healing properties. By the 15th century the statue was plated in silver; Catherine of Aragon is recorded as ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=375678