. La terra e i suoi abitanti ... market-città del Berkshire Downs,che in antico borgo municipale di approccio a Wallingford vicino a theThames. Il Kennet, sulla prima di entrare alla contea di Wiltshire, acque il vecchio townof Hungerford, una meta preferita del pescatore, il fiume è famoso per itstrout, e il cedimento della pesca un bel entrate alla corporation. TheKennet e Avon Canal passa la città. Essa consente di linea più diretta di 158 IL BEITISH ISLES. la comunicazione dall'acqua bctv^^ecn Londra e Bristol, e molti dei bulkyarticles di commercio passano lungo di essa. Nenhury

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. The earth and its inhabitants ... market-towns in the Berkshire Downs, which at the ancient municipal borough of Wallingford approach close to theThames. The Kennet, on first entering the county from Wiltshire, waters the old townof Hungerford, a favourite resort of the angler, the river being famous for itstrout, and the fisheries yielding a handsome revenue to the corporation. TheKennet and Avon Canal passes the town. It affords the most direct line of 158 THE BEITISH ISLES. communication by water bctv^^ecn London and Bristol, and many of the bulkyarticles of commerce pass along it. Nenhury, lower down the Kennet, is built ona peat bed. Battles took place near it, in 1G43 and 1044, during the Civil War.In the nei^libourliood are Donnington Castle and Shaw House—the latter, not-withstanding the injury it suliered during the war, the most stately Elizabethanmansion in the county. Beading, a flourishing commercial town, stands on the river Kennet, 1 mile Fig. 86.—Reading.From the Ordnance Survey. Scale 1 : n:i..?RR.. iMile. above its junction with the Thames. It is a place of considerable historical fame, battles having been fought in its neighbourhood, and Parliaments held within itswalls. But the only object likely to interest the antiquary is the remains of aBenedictine abbey founded in 1121, and com-erted by Henry YIII. into a royalpalace. At the present day Reading is known chiefly on account of its biscuitfactory, which dispatches train-loads of them daily to every quarter of theglobe. There does not probably exist an article of food more widely dispersed BEEKSHIEE. 159 than Reading biscuits, for they are eaten everywhere, from Alaska to jNewZealand, and from Greenland to the Cape of Good Hope. Reading also exportsseeds for flowers, and has an iron foundry. Below the Town of Biscuits the Loddon, born in the Xorth Downs, notfar from Basingstoke, mingles its water with that of the Thames. The country Fig. 87.—WiNPSoR.Scale 1: 55, 000.

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1880
• booksubjectgeography
• bookyear18