Reading

 

Reading may refer to:

Activities

• Reading (process), cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from text (as in reading a book or reading music)
• Reading (computer), the act of a computer extracting data from a storage medium
• Reading (legislature), the mechanism by which a bill is introduced to a legislature
• Divination, gaining insight through interpretation of omens or supernatural indicators
• Psychic reading, an attempt to discern information through clairvoyance

Reading, Berkshire and associated topics

• Reading, Berkshire, England
  • Reading (HM Prison)
  • University of Reading
  • Reading and Leeds Festivals
  • Reading F.C., an English Premier League football team
  • Reading Town F.C., a Hellenic League football team
  • Reading R.F.C., a rugby team
  • Reading School, a grammar school
  • Reading Racers, a speedway team
  • Reading East (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
  • Reading West (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
  • Reading South (UK Parliament constituency) (1950-1955 and 1974-1983)
  • Reading North (UK Parliament constituency) (1950-1955 and 1974-1983)
  • Reading (UK Parliament constituency) (1295-1950 and 1955-1974)
  • Reading/Wokingham Urban Area, area defined by UK Office for National Statistics
  • Reading railway station, a principal railway station serving Reading, Berkshire
  • Reading West railway station, a local railway station serving Reading, Berkshire
  • Reading Southern railway station, a former railway station serving Reading, Berkshire
  • Battle of Reading (871)
  • Battle of Reading (1688)
  • Siege of Reading (1642–1643)

See also the Titles section below.

Places in the United States

• Reading, Kansas
• Reading, Massachusetts
  • Reading (MBTA station)
• Reading, Michigan
• Reading, Minnesota
• Reading, New York
• Reading, Ohio
• Reading, Pennsylvania
• Reading, Vermont
• North Reading, Massachusetts
• Port Reading, New Jersey
• West Reading, Pennsylvania
• Reading Township (disambiguation)

People

• Bertice Reading (1933–1991), American singer
• John of Reading (died 1346), theologian
• John Reading (disambiguation), several people of the name
• Peter Reading (born 1956), English poet
• Pierson B. Reading (1816–1868), American pioneer

Titles

• Baron Astley of Reading, title in peerage of England (1644–1688)
• Bishop of Reading, Anglican suffragan bishop in Diocese of Oxford since 1889
• Marquess of Reading, title in peerage of the UK since 1926
  • Marchioness of Reading (disambiguation), wife of the Marquess

Other uses

• Reading Company, a railroad
• Reading Phillies, a minor-league baseball team
• Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Reading Works, a factory
• HMS Reading (G71), a Royal Navy destroyer ship
• USS Reading (PF-66), a U.S. Navy frigate

See also

• Redding (disambiguation)
• Read (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Reading" for many organisations and publications