Council Timeline

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1950	20th Century	1998 Reading becomes Unitary Authority
1950		1974 Reading becomes part of Berkshire
		1947 Dusseldorf Link
1900		1911 Caversham and Tilehurst become part of Reading
1850	Victorian	1888 Reading becomes County Borough
1850	Victorian	1887 Boundaries extended
1800	Georgian	1831 Reform of Council
1750
1700
1650	Stuart
1600	Stuart
1550	Tudor	1560 Charter of Queen Elizabeth 1st
1500
1450
1400	Middle Ages
1350
1300
		1295 First two MP's
1250		1253 First Charter
1200
1150
1100
1050	Saxons and Vikings
1000
950
900
850
800
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700
650
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550
500		c530 Founding of Reading