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

Smith’s Lawn locatedIn Berkshire
Snow Hill locatedIn Berkshire
East Challow historicalCounty Berkshire
Childrey historicCounty Berkshire
Childrey hasTraditionalCountyAffiliation Berkshire
this entity surface form: Berkshire (before 1974)
Valley Gardens locatedIn Berkshire
The Royals region Berkshire
subject surface form: Reading Football Club
Reading F.C. Women basedIn Berkshire
RFC county Berkshire
subject surface form: Reading Football Club
RFC homeCounty Berkshire
subject surface form: Reading Football Club
Ascot Racecourse locatedIn Berkshire
Ascot railway station locatedIn Berkshire
Forbury Gardens locatedIn Berkshire
Forbury Hill locatedIn Berkshire
Thames Path locatedIn Berkshire
Kennet Valley locatedIn Berkshire
River Lambourn locatedIn Berkshire
Kintbury locatedIn Berkshire
Kintbury ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Kintbury shireCounty Berkshire
Kintbury traditionalCounty Berkshire
Theale locatedIn Berkshire
Theale ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Theale lieutenancyArea Berkshire
Theale locatedInHistoricCounty Berkshire
North Wessex Downs locatedIn Berkshire
Faringdon historicCounty Berkshire
Botley historicCounty Berkshire