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.

Reading, Berkshire, England partOf Berkshire
subject surface form: Reading, Berkshire
Reading, Berkshire, England ceremonialCounty Berkshire
subject surface form: Reading, Berkshire
Wiltshire borderedBy Berkshire
Class 165 train usedInRegion Berkshire
subject surface form: British Rail Class 165
Frimley Park Hospital serves Berkshire
Berks and Hants Line namedAfter Berkshire
Windsor Guildhall, Windsor, England locatedIn Berkshire
subject surface form: Windsor Guildhall
Pangbourne locatedIn Berkshire
Pangbourne ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Pangbourne lieutenancyArea Berkshire
Pangbourne historicCounty Berkshire
Wallingford historicCounty Berkshire
Binfield, Berkshire locatedIn Berkshire
Ludgrove School locatedIn Berkshire
Old Windsor Lock locatedIn Berkshire
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, England locatedIn Berkshire
subject surface form: Royal Berkshire Hospital
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, England serves Berkshire
subject surface form: Royal Berkshire Hospital
Michael Middleton residence Berkshire
Silwood Park campus locatedIn Berkshire
Reading Gaol locatedIn Berkshire
The Long Walk locatedIn Berkshire
Theatre Royal Windsor locatedIn Berkshire
Windsor Racecourse locatedIn Berkshire
New Windsor locatedIn Berkshire
New Windsor historicCounty Berkshire
Alexandra Gardens locatedIn Berkshire
Hungerford Town F.C. county Berkshire
Savill Garden locatedIn Berkshire