Reading Hundred (Hundred)

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BEECH HILL Ch/CP/Tg Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 15.
BEENHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 15.
BLEWBURY CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 15.
BUCKLEBURY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 16.
CHOLSEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 17.
GRAZELEY Tg/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.
PANGBOURNE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 21.
READING CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
READING ST GILES CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1835 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
READING ST LAWRENCE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
READING ST MARY CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1835 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
STRATFIELD SAYE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
STRATFORD MORTIMER AP/CP Parish-level Unit   MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
SULHAMSTEAD ABBOTS AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
SWALLOWFIELD Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 25.
THATCHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 25.
TILEHURST CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 25.
WHITCHURCH CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 408.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BERKSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 563.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
  was created through the abolition of BURGHILDEBU Hundred   Great Britain Historical GIS Project
Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Reading Hundred (Hundred) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10030882

Date accessed: 08th April 2026