READING LOCAL STUDIES SCANNED COLLECTION

We have scanned over 8000 illustrations from our Local Studies collection and are adding more - so check back here regularly.

We have also added pages from the old Reading directories starting with 1842. See who lived in your house in times gone by or locate relatives who lived in Reading.

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Reading Directories	Estate Maps
1842 1865 1888	Hardwick Estate Rose Hill Estate London Street Goodrest Estate Castle Hill Estate Earley Estate Burghfield & Shinfield Estates
Illustrations : Subjects

Water Select A Subject Boathouses Boatyards Bridges Fishing & angling Floods Fountains Horse Troughs Kennet & Avon Canal Lakes Locks Pumps Punts & Punting River Kennet River Loddon River Thames Rowing Watermills	Transport Select A Subject Automobiles Aviation Barges Buses & Coaches Cabin cruisers Coachbuilding Ferries Horse-buses Horse-drawn Cabs Horse-trams Lorries & Vans Motor cruisers Railways Signal Boxes Steam Launches Steam Locomotives Traction engines Trams	Buildings Select A Subject Almshouses Antique dealers Art & Craft Shops Bakers & Bakeries Barns Banks & Banking Betting shops Biscuit manufacturers Blacksmiths & Smithies Boat chandlers Booksellers & Bookselling Breweries Building sites Building Societies Butchers' Shops Castles Chemists' Shops China & glass deaers Churches & Chapels Cinemas Clothes Shops Clothing manufacturers Coal Merchants Co-operative Societies Confectioners Corn Merchants Colleges Cycle Manufacturers & Dealers Dairies & Dairying Dental Surgeries Department Stores Drapers Shops Electrical Dealers English Civil War - 1642-1651 Estate Agents Farmhouses Fire stations Fishmongers Flats Foundries Friendly Societies Furniture Shops Garages Greengrocers & Fruiterers Grocers' Shops Hairdressing Shops Hardware Shops Hospitals Hostels Hotels Houses Insurance Offices Ironmongers Jewellers Laundries Law Courts Leather Goods Shops Libraries Lock-ups Lodges & Gatehouses Manor Houses Mental asylums Methodist churches & chapels Municipal Buildings Music Shops Newsagents Newspaper Offices Offices Opticians Paint manufacturers Painting & decorating suppliers Pawnbrokers Pet Shops Plumbers Police Stations Post Offices Poulterers Printers & Printing Prisons Public Conveniences Pubs & Inns Railway Stations Restaurants & Cafes Saddlers Scale makers Schools Seed producers Shoe repairers Shoe Shops Shopping Centres Shops Signal Boxes Solicitors Stables Stationers Steam Locomotives Supermarkets Telephone Kiosks Television Rental Shops Timber Merchants Tin box maufacturers Thatching Timber-framed Buildings Tobacconists Town Halls Toy Shops Travel Agents Universities & Colleges Veterinary Surgeons Vicarages Whiting manufacturers Wine & Spirit Merchants Workhouses
Open Spaces Select A Subject Aerial photographs Allotments Cemeteries Churchyards Foxhunting Gardens Gravestones Schools Monuments Parks Snow & Frost Scenes Street Scenes	Social Life Select A Subject Bands(Music) Celebrations Clubs Cricket Customs Dancing Festivals Fetes & Field Treats Freemasonry Maypoles Organs Outings Pageants Plays Processions Refreshment Stalls Royal Visits Temperance Movement Theatres World War 1914-1918 World War 1939-1945	People Select A Subject Coats of arms Fire fighters Friendly Societies Mayors Murder Police Portraits Priests & Ministers Queen Victoria Town Clerks Weddings
The Land Select A Subject Archaeological remains Archaeology Barrows Caves Chalk extraction Geology Goats Gravel extraction Stone Age

Illustrations : Reading Borough

Landmarks Select A Location Archbishop Laud's Birthplace Forbury Gardens Huntley & Palmers Jubilee Fountain Maiwand Memorial Reading Abbey Reading Cattle Market Reading Corn Exchange Reading School Royal Berkshire Hospital Simeon Obelisk Statue of George Palmer Statue of King Edward VII Statue of Queen Victoria Sutton & Sons University of Reading Yield Hall	Caversham Select A Location General All Hallows Road Ardler Road Balmore Drive Beresford Road Blenheim Road Bridge Street Champion Road Chester Street Christchurch Meadows Church Road Church Street Conisboro Avenue Cromwell Road Derby Road George Street Gosbrook Road Grosvenor Road Grove Hill Grove Road Hemdean Hill Hemdean Road Henley Road Highmoor Road Kidmore Road Kidmore End Road Kings Road Morecambe Avenue The Mount Oxford Street Paddock Road Peppard Road Priest Hill Priory Avenue Promenade Road Prospect Street Richmond Road St Anne's Road St Barnabas Road St Peter's Avenue St Peter's Hill South View Avenue Star Road Surley Row Uplands Road The Warren Washington Road Westfield Road Wolsey Road	Tilehurst Select A Location General Armour Hill Armour Road Church Road City Road Dunstall Close Kentwood Hill The Moors New Lane Hill Norcot Road Oxford Road Park Lane School Road The Triangle Victoria Road Westwood Road
Emmer Green Select A Location Emmer Green Peppard Road The Pond Schools Caversham Park House Old Grove House	Reading Streets A to L Select A Street Abbey Square Abbey Street Abbey Wall Abbot's Walk Albert Road Alexandra Road Alfred Street Argyle Street Baker Street Bartlett's Cottages Basingstoke Road Bath Court Bath Road Battle Street Bedford Road Belmont Road Beresford Road Berkeley Avenue Blagrave Street Bosier's Square Bridge Street Brigham Road Brighton Road Broad Street Bulmershe Road Burgfield Road Butter Market Carey Street Castle Hill Castle Street Catherine Street Caversham Road Cemetery Junction Chain Street Charles Street Chatham Street Cheapside Chestnut Walk Christchurch Green Christchurch Road Church Street Church Terrace Coley Avenue Coley Street Coley Hill Coley Place Covered Market Cow Lane Cranbury Road Crane Wharf Craven Road Crescent Road Cross Street Crown Street De Montfort Road Donnington Gardens Donnington Road Duke Street East Street Eastern Avenue Eldon Road Elgar Road Elmhurst Road Erleigh Road Essex Street Field Road Fobney Street The Forbury Forbury Hill Forbury Road Friar Street Gasworks Road Glebe Road Gower Street Grange Avenue Great Knollys Street Greyfriars Road Gun Street Hagley Road Hatherley Road Hazel Crescent High Street Highbridge Wharf Highgrove Street Hosier Street Howard Street Inner Distribution Road Katesgrove Lane Kendrick Street Kennet Side King's Meadow Road Kings Road King Street Kingsbridge Wharf Lincoln Road Linden Road London Road London Street Lynmouth Road	Reading Streets M to Z Select A Street Market Place Marlborough Avenue Mason Street Mill Lane Milman Road Minster Street Morgan Road The Mount Mount Pleasant Napier Road New Road Newport Road Norris Road Northcourt Avenue Northumberland Avenue Orts Road Oxford Road Palmer Park Avenue Pell Street Pitcroft Avenue Prince of Wales Avenue Queen Victoria Street Queen's Road Redlands Road Rowley Road Rupert Street St John's Road St Mary's Butts St Saviour's Terrace Salisbury Road Shenstone Road Shinfield Road Silver Street Southampton Street Southcote Farm Lane Stanshawe Road Star Lane Station Hill Station Road Station Square Surrey Road Swainstone Road Sycamore Road Talfourd Avenue Thames Avenue Thames Side Promenade Thorn Street Tidmarsh Street Tilehurst Road Union Street Upper Redlands Road Vachel Road Valpy Street Vicarage Road Victoria Square Wantage Road Warwick Road Watlington Street Waverley Road Wensley Road West Street Western Elms Avenue Whiteknights Road Whitley Crescent Whitley Wood Road Whitley Street William Street Wilson Road Wykeham Road Wokingham Road Zinzan Street

Illustrations : Surrounding towns and villages

Select A Location Abingdon Aldworth Arborfield Barkham Basildon Bearwood Bourton Beedon Blewbury Bray Burghfield Camberley Chalgrove Compton Cookham Crowthorne Culham Didcot Drayton Earley East Hanney East Hendred Eddington Englefield Eton Eversley Finchampstead Faringdon Goring Grove Henley on Thames Hinton Waldrist Hungerford Hurst Iffley Kidmore End Kintbury Leverton Long Wittenham Lyford Maidenhead Mapledurham Mortimer Moulsford Pangbourne Purley Remenham Ruscombe Sandhurst Shinfield Shottesbrooke Sonning Lock Sonning Village South Moreton Spencers Wood Steventon Streatley Sulham Swallowfield Thames Valley Thatcham Theale Three Mile Cross Twyford Uffington Virginia Water Wallingford Wargrave West Hanney Whitchurch Windsor Wokingham Woodcote Woodley Woolhampton

Unidentified Illustrations Can you identify these mystery illustrations? Let us know if you have any thoughts.

Please contact us if you have illustrations you would like to donate to the collection, if you wish to add to or correct the information on this database, if you would like a high quality copy of the image, or if you wish to republish it.

Last updated 14.04.2009