Berkshire

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Berkshire is a historic county in South East England known for its royal connections, including Windsor Castle, and its mix of affluent towns and rural landscapes.

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Label Occurrences
Berkshire canonical 589
Berkshire (before 1974) 1
Berkshire (historically, in some periods) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county of England
historic county of England
non-metropolitan county
abolishedCountyCouncilYear 1998
borderedBy Buckinghamshire
Hampshire
Oxfordshire
Surrey
Wiltshire
containsLandmark Ascot Racecourse
Eton College
Highclere Castle
Windsor Castle
containsMilitaryAcademy Royal Military College, Sandhurst
surface form: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
containsProtectedArea North Wessex Downs
surface form: North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
containsRacecourse Ascot Racecourse
Newbury Racecourse
containsRiver River Kennet
Thames
surface form: River Thames
containsRoyalResidence Windsor Castle
containsSettlement Ascot
Bracknell
Crowthorne
Eton, Berkshire
surface form: Eton

Hungerford
Maidenhead
Newbury, Berkshire
surface form: Newbury

Reading
Sandhurst
Slough
Thatcham
Windsor
Wokingham
containsUniversity University of Reading
country England
grantedRoyalStatusBy Elizabeth II
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
hasCountyTown Reading
hasLocalGovernmentStructure unitary authorities
hasStatus Royal county
historicalRegion Home Counties
Thames Valley
knownFor affluent towns
royal connections
rural landscapes
partOf South East England
royalStatusYear 1957
sovereignState United Kingdom
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
timeZoneDST British Summer Time

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M25 motorway passesNear Berkshire
Theresa May residence Berkshire
this entity surface form: Sonning, Berkshire
Windsor Castle locatedIn Berkshire
Hampshire borders Berkshire
Berkshire County namedAfter Berkshire
Royal Memorial Chapel locatedIn Berkshire
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon deathPlace Berkshire
Wellington College locatedIn Berkshire
A30 road passesThrough Berkshire
King Alfred the Great birthPlace Berkshire
subject surface form: Alfred the Great
Reading locatedIn Berkshire
Reading isCountyTownOf Berkshire
Reading ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Reading historicalCounty Berkshire
Buckinghamshire borders Berkshire
Kenneth Grahame placeOfDeath Berkshire
Oxfordshire borders Berkshire
Old Windsor locatedIn Berkshire
Old Windsor ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Old Windsor lieutenancyArea Berkshire
Sir George Pocock birthPlace Berkshire
Sir George Pocock deathPlace Berkshire
Windsor locatedIn Berkshire
Windsor historicCounty Berkshire
Windsor ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Ruscombe locatedIn Berkshire
Ruscombe historicCounty Berkshire
Ruscombe ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Home Counties partlyIncludes Berkshire
Windsor Great Park locatedIn Berkshire
Abingdon historicCounty Berkshire
Didcot historicalCounty Berkshire
Wantage historicCounty Berkshire
Reading F.C. county Berkshire
Ascot locatedIn Berkshire
Ascot ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Reading Abbey ruins locatedIn Berkshire
River Kennet flowsThrough Berkshire
River Kennet county Berkshire