Southcote, Berkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name = Southcote
unitary_england = Reading
lieutenancy_england = Berkshire
region = South East England
constituency_westminster = Reading West
os_grid_reference = SU686719
latitude = 51.44192
longitude = -1.01149

Southcote is a suburb and local government ward of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

The suburb of Southcote is bounded to the north by the Bath Road (A4) and Prospect Park, to the west by the more recently developed suburb of Fords Farm, to the south by the Holy Brook and the water meadows of the Kennet Valley, and to the east by the railway line from Reading to Basingstoke and the suburb of Coley Park.

The suburb has been built largely on the lands of Southcote Manor. The manor house was demolished in 1921, but was once home to both John Blagrave, the famous Tudor mathematician, and his nephew Daniel Blagrave, Member of Parliament for Reading and signatory of King Charles I's death warrant. [David Nash Ford (2001). [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/southcote_house.html Royal Berkshire History – Southcote House] . Retrieved September 16, 2005.]

The suburb lies entirely within Southcote ward of the Borough of Reading. However the ward also includes Prospect Park, together with parts of Horncastle and West Reading north of the Bath Road that would not normally be considered part of Southcote. The ward is within the Reading West parliamentary constituency.cite web | title = RBC Wards 2004 A4 | url = http://www.reading.gov.uk/Documents/transport_streets/RBC%20Wards%202004%20A4.pdf | publisher = Reading Borough Council | accessdate = 2008-02-14]

References

External links

* [http://www.southcote.info/ Southcote website]