Coley, Berkshire

Coley

Wolseley Street and Coley Primary School
Coley
Coley shown within Berkshire
OS grid reference SU709728
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament

Coley is an inner-town district near the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It is often referred to as Old Coley, to distinguish it from the adjacent, and much more recent, suburb of Coley Park.

The district has no formal boundaries, but the historically the name referred to the area roughly bounded by Castle Street, Castle Hill and the Bath Road to the north, Berkeley Avenue to the south and west, and the River Kennet and Bridge Street to the east. Coley is bordered to its south and west by Coley Park, to its north by West Reading, and to its east by Katesgrove and the Inner Distribution Road.

The district lies entirely within the borough of Reading, within Minster and Abbey wards. It is within the Reading West parliamentary constituency.[1]

Coley is split between the Church of England parishes of All Saints Church and St Giles' Church, although neither church is actually within the district.[2][3]

The Berkshire Record Office is located in Coley Avenue near to the junction with Bath Road.

Coley formerly had a railway goods yard, the Reading Central Goods station, which was connected to the main line at Southcote Junction by the Coley branch line. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Phoebe Cusden, a notable socialist, peace campaigner and Mayor of Reading, lived all her life in Coley. In 1977 she published Coley: Portrait of an Urban Village, a history of the suburb.[8]


References

  1. ↑ "RBC Wards 2004 A4" (PDF). Reading Borough Council. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  2. ↑ "All Saints, Reading". Church of England - A Church Near You. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  3. ↑ "S Giles, Reading". Church of England - A Church Near You. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  4. ↑ "Coley Park & Beyond - Rambling along the Coley branch line". Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "70K Coley Park". 12 June 2000. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. ↑ John Copsey; Chris Turner (Spring 2010). "Reading Central Goods Depot (Coley Branch)". Great Western Railway Journal. 10 (74): 84–117. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ↑ Matthews, Rupert (2006). Lost Railways of Berkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-990-6.
  8. ↑ Cusden, Pheobe (1977). Coley: Portrait of an Urban Village. Workers Educational Association, Reading branch. ISBN 0903810026.


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