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Reading
Located at junction of rivers Thames & Kennet; site of Iron Age, Roman, & Saxon settlements; Benedictine abbey founded here by Henry I 1112; from 12th-16th cen., suffered from power struggles between abbey & merchant's guild & during 17th-cen. Civil War; Oscar Wilde was imprisoned here 1895-97 inspiring his "Ballad of Reading Gaol"; industries include brewing & printing.