Berkshire Census & County Genealogy Records
Berkshire, an inland county of England, on the south bank of the River Thames, having Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire on the north, Hampshire on the south, Surrey on the south-east, and Wiltshire on the west. Berkshire is irregular in shape, with an extreme length of 43 miles from east to west, and an extreme breadth of 30 miles from north to south, and an area of 462,210 acres. There is a chalk ridge running through the county, joining the Chiltern Hills and the Marlborough Downs.
The county has three parliamentary divisions (returning each one member), seven municipal boroughs, twenty hundreds, and one hundred and ninety-three parishes.
The historic castle and royal borough of Windsor require a special notice. Berkshire had a great share in the [English] Civil War, two battles having been fought at Newbury, Reading having been besieged, and attacks made on Windsor Castle, Abingdon and Donnington. There are many ancient churches with good examples of Norman and later architectural periods, and mitred Benedictine abbots lived at Reading and Abingdon respectively." (From Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, 1899)
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Berkshire,
England Census Records
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- 1841 Berkshire Census Records ;
- 1851 Berkshire Census Records ;
- 1861 Berkshire Census Records ;
- 1871 Berkshire Census Records ;
- 1881 Berkshire Census Records ;
- 1891 Berkshire Census Records ;
- 1901
Berkshire Census Records ;
Berkshire Parish & Probate Records
Berkshire,
England: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in England and
Wales, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
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East
Hendred : a Berkshire parish historically treated
East Hendred : a Berkshire parish historically treated : a
suggestion for a complete parochial survey of the kingdom.
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Bucklebury
: a Berkshire parish, the home of Bolingbroke 1701-1715
Bucklebury : a Berkshire parish, the home of Bolingbroke 1701-1715.
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Reading,
Berkshire, England: St. Lawrence Municipal Church History
Reading, Berkshire, England: St. Lawrence Municipal Church
History.
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Index
to wills proved and administrations granted
Index to wills proved and administrations granted in the court
of the archdeacon of Berks, 1508 to 1652.
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Berkshire Message boards
Berkshire, England Ancestry Message Board
Berkshire Civil Parish Index and Parish Census Records