- Horncastle, Berkshire
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name = Horncastle
unitary_england = Reading
lieutenancy_england =Berkshire
region = South East England
constituency_westminster = Reading West
os_grid_reference = SU678721
latitude = 51.443782
longitude = -1.02361Horncastle is an area of the town of Reading, in the English county of
Berkshire . It is situated on the A4 Bath Road to the west of central Reading, at a point where the Reading suburbs of Southcote, Calcot andTilehurst all meet.Ordnance Survey (2006). "OS Explorer Map 159 – Reading". ISBN 0-319-23730-3.]Today largely surrounded on all sides but the north-west by areas of 20th century housing, Horncastle was once an isolated hamlet in the rural area to the west of Reading. It was situated at the point at which a lane, known to this day as "New Lane Hill", left the Bath Road and climbed the hill to Tilehurst.Ordnance Survey (2006). "OS Explorer Map 159 – Reading". ISBN 0-319-23730-3.] cite book | title = Cassini Historical Map – Reading & Windsor – 1816-1830 | publisher = Cassini Publishing Ltd | year = 2006 | isbn = 1847360513]
The old hamlet of Horncastle lies just within the borough of Reading. The name is sometimes used to include the eastern section of Calcot, which lies south-west of the old hamlet and outside the borough boundary in
West Berkshire .Calcot Park , formerly a largecountry house and estate and now agolf course , is to the north west.References
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