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| Berkshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial and Administrative County (no county council) |
| Region: | South East England |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 40th 1,262 km˛ |
| NUTS 3: | UKJ11 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 25th 803,566 637 / km˛ |
| Ethnicity: | 88.7% White 6.8% S.Asian 2.0% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Jane Griffiths, Andrew Mackay, Fiona MactaggartFiona Margaret Mactaggart (born 12 September 1953) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour member of Parliament for Slough and at the Home Office serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for Race Equality, Communit, Theresa MayThe Right Honourable Theresa May (born 1956) is a British politician, former chairman of the Conservative Party, and MP for Maidenhead. She studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford and obtained a Geography MA. From 1985 to 1997, she was a consultant for a fin, John RedwoodThe Right Honourable John Redwood (born June 15, 1951) is a British Conservative politician, MP for Wokingham and Shadow Secretary of State for Deregulation. Redwood, born in Dover, Kent, had a brilliant academic career behind him (Fellow of All Souls' Co, David RendelDavid Digby Rendel ( 15 April 1949-) is a British politician. He has been member of Parliament for Newbury, Berkshire for the Liberal Democrats since winning the 1993 by-election caused by the death of Judith Chaplin. He is the Liberal Democrats spokesper, Martin SalterMartin John Salter is a United Kingdom politician and fisherman. He is Labour Party member of Parliament for Reading West parliamentary constituency. Biography Martin Salter was born in Hampton, in west London, on the 19th April 1954. He was educated at H, Michael TrendMichael St. John Trend (born 19 April 1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party member of Parliament for Windsor in Berkshire, and was first elected in 1992. He had previously written for the Daily Telegraph. He is the son of S | |
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Berkshire (pronounced Barkshe(e)r; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in the south of England, to the west of London and also bordering on Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Surrey, Wiltshire and Hampshire.
It is also known as Royal Berkshire, and this title was made official with a grant in the 1930s. The county is one of the oldest in England, being reliably dated back to the setting of the county borders by King Alfred the Great of Wessex. Following the reorganisation of the counties in 1974, Abingdon (its former county town) and the Vale of the White Horse were transferred to Oxfordshire, Slough was added from Buckinghamshire, and Reading became the county town. On April 1, 1998 the county council was abolished and the districts became unitary authorities.
The county takes its name from a large forest of birch trees that was called Bearroc ( Celtic for 'hilly') and was originally a transaction of land to King Cenwalh of Wessex. At this time, it only consisted of the northerly and westerly parts of the current county.