Whitley
WHITLEY, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Giles, Reading, union and hundred of Reading, county of Berks, 2 miles (S.) from Reading; containing 518 inhabitants. The hamlet comprises 2081a. 3r. 25p.; the village is pleasantly situated, and is lighted with gas.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.