The abbey, founded by Henry I in 1121, reopened following a three-year £3.15m conservation project Reading Abbey's ruins have reopened to the public after being shut for nine years because of ...

Henry I founded Reading Abbey in 1121 and it became one of the most important religious houses in the country.In the cloister highly decorated capitals on round columns alternated with plainer ...

Reading had a very important abbey in the past, but did it have a castle, and if so where?" There is little convincing archaeological evidence, but through accounts in chronicles it is clear that ...