Links

The following headings provide opportunities for further research and investigation. They list books and websites that provide a deeper look into the subjects covered on this site. Many of the books listed here are available through either the Museum shop or the Library. Please contact us at the address on the Contact page if you can not find what you are interested in.

 The Berkshire Record Office

Berkshire Record Office was established in 1948 to locate and preserve records relating to the county of Berkshire and its people, and to make them available for research to anyone who is interested in the county's past. It includes material relating to both local and family history
Link: Berkshire Record Office

 Reading Library Service

The site includes an on-line catalogue, information on upcoming events as well as community information and details of your nearest branch library.
Link: Reading Library Service

 Reading Borough Council

Reading Museum Service, Berkshire Record Office and Reading Libraries are administered by Reading Borough Council. The site holds a great deal of information on life in Reading Borough.
Link: Reading Borough Council

 Local History

• Link: Emmer Green - A site with information on it's past and present
• Book: Phillips, Daphne - 1980, The Story of Reading,
  Countryside Books, Newbury (1990 second edition, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0 905392 07 8
• Book: Hylton, Stuart - 1992, Reading Places, Reading People,
  Berkshire Books ISBN 0 7509 0060 1
• Book: Petyt, Malcolm - 1993, The Growth of Reading,
  Alan Sutton, ISBN 0 7509 0330 9
• Book: Astill, Grenville G. - 1978 Historic towns in Berkshire; an archaeological appraisal,
  Berkshire Archaeological Committee ISBN 0 904989 01 1
• Book: Victoria County History of Berkshire 1906-27 especially vol II.

 Rural History

• Link: Rural History Centre

 Huntley & Palmers

• Link: University Archive, H&P, Jacobs and Peek Frean Business papers, University of Reading Library
• Book: Corley, T.A.B. - Quaker Enterprise in Biscuits, Huntley and Palmers of Reading 1822-1972. Hutchinson of London,1972

 Family History

• Link: Berkshire Family History Society

 Natural History

• Link: Fishbase, a global information source on fishes
• Link: British Entomological and Natural History Society
• Link: The Amateur Entomologist's Society homepage
• Link: Cole Museum of Comparative Zoology, Reading University
• Link: Herbarium, Reading University

 Roman Silchester

• Link: The official Silchester dig website
• Book: George C Boon - Silchester The Roman Town of Calleva
• Book: Michael Fulford - Silchester Defences 1974-80
• Book: Michael Fulford - The Silchester Amphitheatre Excavations of 1979-85
• Book: Michael Fulford and Jane Timby - Late Iron Age and Roman Silchester. Excavations on the site of the Forum-Basilica

 Reading Abbey

• Book: Cecil Slade - The Town of Reading and its Abbey

 Berkshire Archaeology

• Link: British Archaeology
• Book: Berkshire County Council - Prehistoric Berkshire
• Book: Berkshire County Council - Roman Berkshire
• Book: Berkshire County Council - Medieval Berkshire

 Thames Archaeology

• Book: Roy Adkins and Ralph Jackson - Neolithic Stone and Flint Axes from the Thames

 Numismatics

• Book: Philip de Jersey - Celtic Coinage in Britain
• Book: P J Casey - Roman Coinage in Britain
• Book: Denis Cooper - Coins and Minting

To add a site please email us at info@readingmuseum.org.uk

Disclaimer:
Reading Borough Council does not represent or warranty any third party product or service referred to or linked from this website and any such links are for convenience only and should not be considered as recommended or endorsed by Reading Borough Council.