Berkshire, England

E6585

Berkshire, England is a historic county in South East England known for its royal connections, including Windsor Castle, and its picturesque Thames-side towns.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county
historic county
borders Buckinghamshire
Hampshire
Oxfordshire
Surrey
Buckinghamshire
surface form: Wiltshire
ceremonialCountyFor Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
containsLandmark Ascot
surface form: Ascot Racecourse

Basildon Park
Eton College
Highclere Castle
Madejski Stadium
Reading Abbey ruins
Windsor Castle
containsMilitaryFacility Royal Military College, Sandhurst
surface form: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
containsRacecourse Ascot
surface form: Ascot Racecourse

Newbury Racecourse
containsRiver River Kennet
Thames
surface form: River Thames
containsRoyalResidence Windsor Castle
containsSettlement Ascot
Bracknell
Crowthorne
Hungerford
Maidenhead
Newbury, Berkshire
Berkshire, England self-linksurface differs
surface form: Reading, Berkshire

Camberley
surface form: Sandhurst, Berkshire

Slough
Thatcham
Windsor
surface form: Windsor, Berkshire

Wokingham
containsUniversity University of Reading
country United Kingdom
grantedRoyalStatusBy Elizabeth II
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
hasCountyTown Berkshire, England self-linksurface differs
surface form: Reading, Berkshire
hasStatus Royal county
hasUnitaryAuthority Bracknell Forest
Reading
Slough
West Berkshire
Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham
lieutenancyArea Berkshire, England self-linksurface differs
surface form: Berkshire
partOf England
region South East England
royalStatusReason presence of Windsor Castle
sovereignState United Kingdom
timeZone BST
GMT

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Berkshires namedAfter Berkshire, England
Royal Military College, Sandhurst locatedIn Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Sandhurst, Berkshire
Surrey borders Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire
Freeman Dyson placeOfBirth Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Crowthorne, Berkshire, England
Garter Day locatedIn Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire
William Penn deathPlace Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire
Diocese of Oxford territory Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire
Diocese of Oxford hasParishesIn Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England locatedIn Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough deathPlace Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire
Berkshire, England hasCountyTown Berkshire, England self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Reading, Berkshire
Berkshire, England containsSettlement Berkshire, England self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Reading, Berkshire
Berkshire, England lieutenancyArea Berkshire, England self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Berkshire
South East England containsAdministrativeCounty Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire
Sydney Camm placeOfBirth Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire
Berkshire County namedAfter Berkshire, England
Berks County, Pennsylvania namedAfter Berkshire, England
River Colne formsBoundaryBetween Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Berkshire and Greater London
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough birthPlace Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: Bill Hill, Berkshire, England
Reading Hundred locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Berkshire, England
this entity surface form: county of Berkshire