Reading Abbey (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Abbey House

In the civil parish of Reading.
In the historic county of Berkshire.
Modern Authority of Reading.
1974 county of Berkshire.
Medieval County of Berkshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SU71957354
Latitude 51.45642° Longitude -0.96682°

Reading Abbey has been described as a probable Palace.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*.

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1007932, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 19019
National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1155691 , 1113477
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 244960.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 01022.00.000.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- David Nash Ford's Historic Buildings of Berkshire
  David Nash Ford's Historic Buildings of Berkshire
  Wikipedia entry
Books
- Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press) p. 50, 56-7
  Slade, C.F., 1969, 'Reading' in Lobel, M.D. (ed), Historic Towns: Maps and Plans of Towns and Cities in the British Isles, with Historical Commentaries, from Earliest Times to 1800 Vol. 1 (London: Lovell Johns-Cook, Hammond and Kell Organization) online copy
  Cook, G.H. (ed), 1965, Letters to Cromwell and Others on the Suppression of the Monastries (London) p. 202
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Camden, Wm, 1607, Britannia hypertext critical edition by Dana F. Sutton (2004)
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Historic England, 2016, Heritage at Risk South East Register 2016 (London: Historic England) p. 69 online copy
  Historic England, 2015, Heritage at Risk South East Register 2015 (London: Historic England) p. 73 online copy
  English Heritage, 2014, Heritage at Risk Register 2014 South East (London: English Heritage) p. 79 online copy
  English Heritage, 2013, Heritage at Risk Register 2013 South East (London: English Heritage) p. 73 online copy
  English Heritage, 2012, Heritage at Risk Register 2012 South East (London: English Heritage) p. 79 online copy
  English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011 South East (London: English Heritage) p. 75 online copy
  English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010 South West (London: English Heritage) p. 70 online copy
  English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009 South East (London: English Heritage) p. 73 online copy

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The bibliography owes much to various bibliographies produced by John Kenyon for the Council for British Archaeology, the Castle Studies Group and others.

Suggestions for finding online and/or hard copies of bibliographical sources can be seen at this link.
Minor archaeological investigations, such as watching brief reports, and some other 'grey' literature is most likely to be held by H.E.R.s but is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded here, or elsewhere, but some suggestions can be found here.

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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