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.

All labels observed (4)

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

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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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Referenced by (592)

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

Bracknell Town F.C. locatedIn Berkshire
Princess Square locatedIn Berkshire
Denis Compton placeOfDeath Berkshire
Stanley Spencer placeOfBirth Berkshire
Ascot to Guildford line region Berkshire
TfL Rail services serves Berkshire
subject surface form: TfL Rail
Constance Collier placeOfBirth Berkshire
Holyport locatedIn Berkshire
Holyport administrativeCounty Berkshire
Holyport ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Fifield locatedIn Berkshire
Fifield ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Bisham locatedIn Berkshire
Bisham administrativeCounty Berkshire
Bisham ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Bisham historicCounty Berkshire
Dedworth locatedIn Berkshire
Dedworth ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Clewer locatedIn Berkshire
Clewer ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Clewer historicalCounty Berkshire
Wraysbury ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Horton ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Horton locatedIn Berkshire
Shottesbrooke locatedIn Berkshire
Shottesbrooke traditionalCounty Berkshire
Waltham St Lawrence shireCounty Berkshire
White Waltham ceremonialCounty Berkshire
White Waltham postalCounty Berkshire
Bray Wick locatedIn Berkshire
Bray Wick withinLieutenancyArea Berkshire
Heatherdown School locatedIn Berkshire
John Madejski residence Berkshire
John Madejski workLocation Berkshire
North Stand locatedIn Berkshire
South Stand locatedIn Berkshire
Warfield ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Warfield locatedIn Berkshire