Reading Formation

<h2 id="clay-sources">Clay sources</h2>
<p>During the late medieval era, the <a href="/facts/Surrey_whiteware/rWy8eyIc">Surrey whitewares</a> pottery kilns were located near the Reading Formation, most notably the area between <a href="/facts/Farnham/9otrfK4L">Farnham</a> and <a href="/facts/Tongham/s6CXfzHj">Tongham</a> The beds were an excellent source of white-firing clay.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Earth sciences portal</li><li>England portal</li><li>Paleontology portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_England/Bd58q6YH">List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details: Reading Formation". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 February 2016. <a href="http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=RB" target="_blank">http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=RB</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Woolwich-and-Reading Beds" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 819. <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" target="_blank">/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Pearce, Jaqueline (1992). Border Wares. Post-Medieval Pottery in London 1500-1700. London: Museum of Londo. ISBN 978-0112904946. <a href="978-0112904946" target="_blank">978-0112904946</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Reading Formation