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.

Midgham hasHistoricCounty Berkshire
Bucklebury locatedIn Berkshire
Bucklebury ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Bucklebury lieutenancyArea Berkshire
Bucklebury historicCounty Berkshire
Buckler’s Park locatedIn Berkshire
Buckler’s Park region Berkshire
Kennet School locatedIn Berkshire
Hungerford Wharf locatedIn Berkshire
Kennington historicCounty Berkshire
Ladbrokes Trophy county Berkshire
Greenham Stakes locationCounty Berkshire
Coronation Concert location Berkshire
James Puxley residence Berkshire
James Puxley countyRepresented Berkshire
James Puxley jurisdiction Berkshire
William Lloyd placeOfBirth Berkshire
River Blackwater flowsThrough Berkshire
Donnington Castle county Berkshire
The Castle pub locatedIn Berkshire
Shaw-cum-Donnington locatedIn Berkshire
Shaw, Berkshire county Berkshire
Shaw, Berkshire locatedIn Berkshire
Speen, Berkshire locatedIn Berkshire
Speen, Berkshire historicCounty Berkshire
Furze Platt locatedIn Berkshire
Boyn Hill locatedIn Berkshire
Boyn Hill hasCounty Berkshire
Maidenhead Town Hall locatedIn Berkshire
Grenfell Park locatedIn Berkshire