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.

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Bray ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Bray historicCounty Berkshire
Bray postalCounty Berkshire
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Cookham ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Cookham historicCounty Berkshire
Boulter’s Lock on the River Thames locatedIn Berkshire
subject surface form: Boulter’s Lock
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The Curve (Slough) locatedIn Berkshire
Jama Masjid Slough locatedIn Berkshire
Bath Road (A4) passesThrough Berkshire
Datchet locatedIn Berkshire
Datchet ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Windsor Boys' School locatedIn Berkshire
Windsor Girls' School locatedIn Berkshire
Cox Green locatedIn Berkshire
Cox Green hasCounty Berkshire
Cox Green hasCeremonialCounty Berkshire
Winnersh locatedIn Berkshire
Winnersh lieutenancyArea Berkshire
Winnersh historicalCounty Berkshire
Finchampstead ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Finchampstead hasHistoricCounty Berkshire
Earley locatedIn Berkshire
Earley ceremonialCounty Berkshire
Earley historicCounty Berkshire
The Lexicon Bracknell locatedIn Berkshire
Coral Reef Waterworld locatedIn Berkshire
Garth Hill College locatedIn Berkshire
Garth Hill College county Berkshire
Brakenhale School locatedIn Berkshire