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The administrative county's full legal name was "Berks" rather than "Berkshire" until 1967, when the government changed the name to Berkshire at the county council's request. [ 10 ] Berkshire received the title "Royal County" in 1957 due to the presence of Windsor Castle.
Its history, its importance in farming, its involvement in the English Civil War (1642-1648), its connections with the monarchy, which led to its title of Royal county in 1958 - all this and more remains an indelible part of the story of England. By David Nash Ford & Brenda Ralph Lewis.
The Great Western Railway reached Didcot in 1839. MG (part of Morris Motors) was founded in Abingdon in 1929. Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol after his court case. The county is known as the Royal County of Berkshire.
Oct 26, 2024 · A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 Covers the eleven hundreds in the eastern half of the county, bordering Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire. The volume includes accounts of Maidenhead, Windsor (including Windsor Castle), Wokingham and Reading.
Oct 12, 2024 · Berkshire was alternately claimed by the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia and was the native shire of Alfred the Great, born at Wantage in 848. With the Norman Conquest of 1066 the strategic importance of the Thames valley became recognized, and the first Windsor Castle was built, later to become the main residence of the British royal ...
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The sarsen stones that are plentiful in northern and western Berkshire formed around this time, and suggest that the county was a sandy floodplain, generally dry but suffering occasional floods.
The Royal County of Berkshire, commonly known as simply Berkshire (/ ˈbɑːrkʃɪər, - ʃər / ⓘ BARK-sheer, -shər; abbreviated Berks.), is a ceremonial county in South East England.
