Berkshire

E83859

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (592)

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

Francis Baily placeOfBirth Berkshire
Sutton Courtenay historicCounty Berkshire
Chieveley locatedIn Berkshire
Chieveley shireCounty Berkshire
Chieveley lieutenancyArea Berkshire
A30 passesThroughRegion Berkshire
The Wrong Mans filmingLocation Berkshire
Slough, United Kingdom locatedIn Berkshire
subject surface form: Slough
Waterloo Chamber (within State Apartments) locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Berkshire
subject surface form: Waterloo Chamber
Bradfield College locatedIn Berkshire
Berkshire Downs locatedIn Berkshire
Reading Beds region Berkshire
Yattendon Court locatedIn Berkshire
Yattendon Court hasRegion Berkshire
parish church of St Peter and St Paul locatedIn Berkshire
subject surface form: parish church of St Peter and St Paul, Yattendon
Maidenhead Bridge locatedIn Berkshire
Lambourn Brook locatedIn Berkshire
King Henry VIII Gate locatedIn Berkshire
John Marshal residence Berkshire
Earldom of Wessex includedShire Berkshire
Newbridge historicalCounty Berkshire
Maidens Green ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Woodspeen ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Stockcross ceremonialCounty Berkshire
TwYford ceremonialCounty Berkshire
subject surface form: Twyford
Langley ceremonialCounty Berkshire