Downstream

As in Oxford, there would
be several official swimming
areas at Reading, but this
time there would also be a
pool especially for women.
The oldest and best-known
bathing spot is King’s
Meadow beside Caversham
Lock, also called the
Corporation Baths. In the
early 1800s local brewer
Jonathan Tanner occupied the
land and in the summer he
and his two sons rode down