Reading Abbey Quarter
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🙏⛪ Reading Abbey was built by King Henry I in 1121 and is his burial place. Discover a thousand years of history, dawn til dusk, right in the heart of Reading.
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Be quick Reading Museum have a flash sale in these exclusive Reading Abbey Quarter tea towels, local history while you do the dishes!
This week @ReadingMuseum DIGITAL Revolution Exhibition opened celebrating 60th anniversary of computer company DEC opening first office in #RDGUK Exhibition includes DEC talk voice synthesizer famously used by Stephen Hawking rdguk.info/ReadingDigital… The National Lottery Heritage Fund TNMOC
Throughout 2025 we are celebrating Jane Austen's connections with Reading ✍️📚 There's a new pop-up display inside the Abbey Gateway devised by Reading University students English Literature and Creative Writing @UoR Book an Abbey Quarter tour to see it and inside Jane's school readingmuseum.org.uk/jane-austen-250
From Theale to Reading town centre - contemplating the flow of The Holy Brook at Purple Turtle as it winds it’s way to Reading Abbey Quarter. Cartographer John Speed (1551-1629) refers to the channel as ‘hallowed brooke’ in his 1611 map of the town #rdg #rdguk
My first Reading Museum Reading Abbey Quarter tour of the summer completed. Lovely group who were engaged throughout. Thanks to Bethan who assisted me. Tours most Saturday mornings through the summer so make sure you book via the museum. #rdguk #austen250
The Bayeux Tapestry is set to be shown at British Museum, returning to British soil for the first time in 900 years. Reading Museum has a stunning replica created in the 19th century, with the added bonus of the Norman ruins of Reading Abbey Quarter nearby #history bit.ly/3TBvX2T
Just a short distance from Reading Museum is the Abbey Quarter. At its core is the extensive Abbey Ruins, telling the story of 900 years of history. Visit the spot where King Henry I, the founder, was buried, or where Jane Austen went to school 600 years later, and Oscar Wilde