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.

Eton High Street locatedIn Berkshire
Jubilee River locatedIn Berkshire
E. F. Benson placeOfBirth Berkshire
Newbury Town Hall locatedIn Berkshire
West Berkshire Museum locatedIn Berkshire
Newbury College locatedIn Berkshire
Sandhurst locatedIn Berkshire
Sandhurst ceremonialCounty Berkshire
RG covers Berkshire
subject surface form: RG postcode area
Edgbarrow School locatedIn Berkshire
Swinley Forest locatedIn Berkshire
Broadmoor Bottom locatedIn Berkshire
Crowthorne Library locatedIn Berkshire
Broadmoor Hospital county Berkshire
Benjamin Baker placeOfDeath Berkshire
WAT servesDestinationRegion Berkshire
Windsor Lines locatedIn Berkshire
Windsor Lines regionServed Berkshire
M4 passesThrough Berkshire
subject surface form: M4 motorway
Chieveley services locatedIn Berkshire
Cold Ash locatedIn Berkshire
Cold Ash ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Cold Ash lieutenancyArea Berkshire
Crookham locatedIn Berkshire
Crookham ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Crookham historicalCounty Berkshire
Midgham ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Midgham lieutenancyArea Berkshire
Midgham locatedIn Berkshire