Caversham, Berkshire

From Freepedia

Caversham is a village in the unitary authority of Reading, England, although, historically, Caversham was part of Oxfordshire. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, within the county of Berkshire, on the opposite bank from Reading proper. Caversham Bridge, Reading Bridge and Caversham Lock (pedestrian only) provide crossing points, with Sonning Bridge just a few miles east of Caversham.

Caversham was an urban district of the adminstrative county of Oxfordshire until 1911, when it became part of the county borough of Reading, and the ceremonial county of Berkshire.^[1]^[2]

Caversham spreads across from the River Thames floodplain (to the east) and up the hill (to the north). There are distinct areas known as Caversham Heights (residential) on the hill, Caversham (the shopping area and immediate residential surrounds), Lower Caversham (residential and light industrial) to the east and Caversham Park (resdidential) to the north east. Caversham Park (sometimes referred to as Caversham Park Village) is an area that was developed in the 1960s on what was parkland.

Caversham Park was (and is) home to BBC Monitoring. However, in the Middle ages it was one of the demesnes of William Marshal (1146 or 47 - 1219) and the place of his death.

BBC Monitoring is the section of the BBC World Service that supplies news, information and comment gathered from the mass media around the world. It is also home to the BBC Written Archives Centre.