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Berkshire is one of the oldest counties in England. It may date from the 840s, the probable period of the unification of "Sunningum" (East Berkshire) and "Ashdown" (the Berkshire Downs, probably including the Kennet Valley). The county is first mentioned by name in 860.
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Ascot is a small town in the civil parish of Sunninghill and Ascot in the English county of Berkshire. It is most famous as the location of Ascot Racecourse, home of the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting. The region is split into three distinct areas: Ascot itself, North Ascot (partially in the civil parish of Winkfield) and South Ascot ...
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Reading was an important national centre in the medieval period, as the site of an important monastery with strong royal connections, but suffered serious economic damage during the 17th century from which it took a long time to recover. Today it is again an important commercial centre, and a university town, with two universities ...
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Reading Abbey
Berkshire - Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in Reading, Berkshire, founded by Henry I in 1121 'for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors and successors' ...
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Windsor Castle
Berkshire - Windsor Castle is, along with Buckingham Palace in London and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, one of the principal official residences of the British monarch. Queen Elizabeth stays there on many weekends of the year, as well as during the prestigious Royal Meeting at the nearby Ascot Racecourse ...
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