page_title: Bridge Street, Reading
hierarchical_section_title: Bridge Street, Reading
caption_attribution_description: English: Upper-right detail from the map of Buckingham, showing the earliest map of Reading, published in John Speed's atlas of Great Britain, 1611.
context_page_description: Bridge Street, formerly known as Seven Bridges, is a historic street in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It took its original name from the seven bridges that carried it over various channels of the River Kennet, and was the earliest crossing place of that river in the town.
  Bridge Street connects Southampton Street, formerly known as St Giles' Street, to the south, with St Mary's Butts to the north.
context_section_description: Bridge Street, formerly known as Seven Bridges, is a historic street in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It took its original name from the seven bridges that carried it over various channels of the River Kennet, and was the earliest crossing place of that river in the town.
  Bridge Street connects Southampton Street, formerly known as St Giles' Street, to the south, with St Mary's Butts to the north.
caption: Map of Reading by John Speed from 1611, showing five of the seven bridges
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