Image BerkshireMuseum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG thumb right 300px The BerkshireMuseum. The BerkshireMuseum is a museum of natural history , art, and ancient civilization that is located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Pittsfield , Berkshire County, Massachusetts Berkshire County , Massachusetts , United States . In 1903, BerkshireMuseum founder Zenas Crane , inspired by such institutions as the American Museum for Natural Science , the Smithsonian , and the Metropolitan Museum of Art , decided to blend the best attributes of these establishments in a new museum for the people of Western Massachusetts. Thanks in large part to Crane s efforts, the broad and varied collections of Berkshire ... invested his wealth in his community. He actively sought out art and artifacts for BerkshireMuseum ... cross section of the world s wonders. BerkshireMuseum became a window on the world. Crane purchased many of BerkshireMuseum s first acquisitions, including a sizable group of paintings from the revered ... including local mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, plants, and minerals. BerkshireMuseum is the repository ... from the venture found a home at BerkshireMuseum. The writing desk of Nathanial Hawthorne ... collection. BerkshireMuseum has exhibited works by some of the most accomplished artists from the United ... C zanne , Pierre Auguste Renoir , and John Singer Sargent . In the 1930s, the BerkshireMuseum was the first ..., on either side of the proscenium. In the 1950s, the BerkshireMuseum was the first to display ... Warhol , Red Grooms , Robert Rauschenberg , Ellsworth Kelly , and Nancy Graves . BerkshireMuseum ... objects from BerkshireMuseum s collections. Original exhibitions created and curated by BerkshireMuseum staff, incorporating items from the collections, travel to other museums. In 2008, Berkshire ..., and cooling HVAC system. Image BerkshireMuseum 1911.jpg thumb left 200px BerkshireMuseum circa ... reflist External links http www.berkshiremuseum.org BerkshireMuseum website http www.berkshiremuseum.org ... more details
Infobox Museum name Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum image Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum.jpg caption Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum Lenox Station. established 1984 location 10 Willow Creek Road, Lenox, MA 01240 type Railway museum visitors director website http www.berkshirescenicrailroad.org Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum network File Broken PSP Screen.jpg thumb Excursion train ran by the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum reporting mark BRMX ref Railinc , https www.railinc.com findusrail pub mark search.do?fwd init Search MARKs , accessed September 2009 ref is a railroad museum located in Lenox, Massachusetts Lenox , Massachusetts , United States that offers historical exhibits as well as train rides up to Stockbridge, Massachusetts Stockbridge , Massachusetts, United States on the Housatonic Railroad right of way. The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum was founded in 1984, as a not for profit organization. The same year, the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum began operating passenger excursions between Lee and Great Barrington, over tracks owned by the Housatonic Railroad. Due to deteriorating track conditions, passenger operations were suspended in 1989. The excursion trains returned in 2003, based out of the Lenox Railroad Station restored station in Lenox , with regular schedules to Lee and Stockbridge. Special events are sometimes held in conjunction with railroad operations. All of the museum s critical functions are staffed entirely by volunteers. References reflist External links http www.berkshirescenicrailroad.org Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum http www.iridetheharlemline.com 2010 11 06 halloween at the berkshire scenic railway museum Halloween Ride at the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum coord 42.3506 N 73.2442 W type railwaystation region US MA display title Category Museums established in 1984 Category Railroad museums in Massachusetts ... museum stub ... more details
Infobox museum name West BerkshireMuseum native name native name lang image The Granary, Wharf Street, Newbury 1 .jpg imagesize 200 caption alt map type map caption map alt latitude 51.401337 longitude 1.321743 coordinates type established 26 October 1904 ref cite web url http www.finds.org.uk news story.php?newsID 134 title West BerkshireMuseum is 100 years old last Sutton first Kate date 26 October 2004 publisher Finds.org.uk accessdate 2008 09 17 ref dissolved location Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , Berkshire type collection visitors director president curator publictransit network website http www.westberkshiremuseum.org.uk westberkshiremuseum.org.uk The West BerkshireMuseum is a museum located in Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , Berkshire . Established in 1904, the museum houses various artworks and collections. The museum is housed in two of Newbury s most historic buildings. ref cite web url http www.artfund.org gallery 2632 west berkshiremuseum title West BerkshireMuseum year 2008 publisher The Art Fund accessdate 2008 09 17 ref The Cloth Hall was built in 1626 1627 by Richard Emmes, a master carpenter of Speenhamland for the Newbury Corporation as a cloth factory. Originally part of a larger range of buildings with a courtyard in the centre, the building was subsequently used as a workhouse, hospital and school before being used for storing corn from 1829 until its conversion to a museum. ref cite web url http www.culture24.org.uk se000084 title West BerkshireMuseum, Newbury year 2008 publisher 24 Hour Museum accessdate 2008 09 17 ref As of April 2009, only two ground ... to the galleries in the Cloth Hall or on the first floor. ref cite web title West BerkshireMuseum publisher West Berkshire West Berkshire Council date 2009 02 02 url http www.westberks.gov.uk index.aspx ... GB display title Category Museums in Berkshire Category Grade I listed buildings in Berkshire Category Local museums in Berkshire Category Buildings and structures in Newbury, Berkshire Category Museums ... more details
File BerkshireMuseum of Aviation geograph.org.uk 66219.jpg thumb Museum of Berkshire Aviation. The Museum of Berkshire Aviation is a small aviation museum in Woodley, Berkshire Woodley , a suburb of the town of Reading, Berkshire Reading in the England English county of Berkshire . The museum is on the edge of the site of the former Woodley Aerodrome , and many of its exhibits relate to Phillips & Powis and Miles Aircraft companies that were based there from 1932 until 1947. Other aircraft exhibited were built by Handley Page Reading Ltd and by Fairey Aviation at White Waltham near Maidenhead . Exhibits include A Fairey Gannet aircraft carrier carrier borne Anti submarine warfare anti submarine aircraft, formerly operated by the Royal Navy . A Fairey Jet Gyrodyne a composite helicopter and autogyro , or gyrodyne . A Handley Page Herald turboprop airliner, designed by Miles and built at Woodley after Handley Page Aircraft Company Handley Page took over Miles aircraft contracts. A Miles Magister two seat basic trainer aircraft trainer . A Miles Martinet target tug target towing aircraft. A Miles Student two seat side by side jet trainer aircraft trainer . External links http www.museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk Museum of Berkshire Aviation official website http www.aeroflight.co.uk mus uk l m musberkshireavtn.htm Unofficial guide to the Museum of Berkshire Aviation oscoor gbx SU777729 British Aviation Museums aviation lists coord 51.44976 N 0.88325 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 SU777729 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Museums with year of establishment missing Category Aerospace museums in England Category Museums in Berkshire Category Wokingham aerospace museum stub UK museum stub ... more details
s Lock Image Museum icon.png Museum free California, Berkshire California Country Park Image CP icon.png ... Image HH icon.png Country Park West BerkshireMuseum Image Museum icon.png Museum free Windsor Castle ...Other uses Use British English date November 2011 Infobox England county name The Royal County of Berkshire image motto map File Berkshire UK locator map 2010.svg 250px Berkshire within England br small ... West Berkshire Unitary Borough of Reading Reading Unitary Wokingham district Wokingham Unitary ... Unitary Start of article Berkshire IPAc en icon b r k r or IPAc en b r k r , abbreviated ... historic county of England . The Administrative counties of England administrative county of Berkshire including the Berkshire County Council were abolished in 1998. The county is often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle ..., and letters patent issued confirming this in 1974. ref cite news title The Royal County of Berkshire ... 2007 title Berkshire, The Royal County author Berkshire Record Office work Golden Jubilee 2002 ... where within the county including Abingdon, Berkshire Abingdon , Didcot and Wantage that were moved into Oxfordshire in 1974 List of Berkshire boundary changes boundary changes . At the same time the town of Slough was moved into Berkshire from Buckinghamshire . ref name guide cite book ... a boundary with Greater London . ref cite web title The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey County ... the county council. The highest tier of local government in Berkshire are now the unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest , Reading, Berkshire Reading , Slough Borough Council Slough , West Berkshire ... . History Main History of Berkshire File Windsor Castle at Sunset Nov 2006.jpg thumb left Windsor Castle ..., the probable period of the unification of Sunningum East Berkshire and Ashdown the Berkshire Downs ... browse berkshire title Dictionary.com accessdate 8 November 2008 ref Berkshire has been the scene ... more details
Image Berkshire Athenaeum original building, facade Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG thumb right 250px Berkshire Athenaeum, 1876 building. Image Berkshire Athenaeum original building, entry Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG thumb right 250px Berkshire Athenaeum, entry to 1876 building. The Berkshire Athenaeum is a public library 1872 based on a previously private wikt athenaeum athenaeum , and now located at 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, Massachusetts in the Berkshires , USA . Like many New England libraries, the Berkshire Athenaeum started as a private organization. A private Public Library Association was founded in 1850. The name was later changed to the Berkshire Athen um. Later still, Thomas F. Plunkett, Calvin Martin and Thomas Allen, were instrumental in forming it into a free library. In 1874, by means of a bequest from Phinehas Allen, and the gift of the 1876 building from Thomas Allen Massachusetts Thomas Allen , the Berkshire Athenaeum was placed upon a firm foundation. ref The Bay State Monthly A Massachusetts Magazine. Volume II, Number 4. January, 1885. http www.gutenberg.org etext 14131 ref In 1903, the Berkshire Athenaeum assumed the responsibility for the newly created BerkshireMuseum , and was both a public library and museum until the museum spun off in 1932. The Berkshire ... Berkshire authors are some of the best in the northeast. Image with unknown copyright status removed Image Bowes Courthouse 1.jpg thumb left 100px Berkshire Athenaeum circa 1910. Designed by New York City New York architect William Appleton Potter , the original Berkshire Athenaeum building ... granite from Missouri . The 1876 building became the Berkshire County Registry of Deeds in 1975 when the Berkshire Athenaeum moved to the current library building two doors away. References Joseph ... 1876 references External links http www.pittsfieldlibrary.org Berkshire Athenaeum Pittsfield ... Category Government agencies established in 1872 Category Libraries in Berkshire County, Massachusetts ... more details
Berkshire Constabulary is a former Home Office police force which was responsible for policing the county of Berkshire in Southern England . Berkshire Constabulary was merged with several other adjacent police forces in 1968 to form the Thames Valley Police . Formed in 1856, the Constabulary was headquartered near Forbury Gardens in Reading, Berkshire Reading , until it moved in 1952 to Sulhamstead House then called the White House , purchased by the Berkshire Country Council five years earlier for 53,000. The house is currently the Thames Valley Police Training College and Thames Valley Police Museum . Berkshire was amalgamated with several other smaller forces during its existence, including the Abingdon Borough Police, Maidenhead Borough Council, Newbury Borough Police, Wallingford Borough Police and Wantage Borough Police. The Windsor Borough Police remained an independent force, due to the Royal presence at Windsor Castle , until it merged with Berkshire in 1947. In 1965, Berkshire Constabulary had an establishment of 603 and an actual strength of 480. ref The Thin Blue Line , Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965 ref On April 1, 1968, Thames Valley Police was formed by amalgamating Berkshire Constabulary with Buckinghamshire Constabulary , the Oxford City Police , the Oxfordshire Constabulary and the Reading Borough Police . References Specific Reflist General http www.thamesvalley.police.uk news info info museum pre history.htm A pre history of Thames Valley Police , Thames Valley Police Category Defunct police forces of the United Kingdom Category History of Berkshire Constabulary Category Organisations based in Berkshire Constabulary Category 1856 establishments in England Category 1968 disestablishments ... more details
Berkshire is a county in England. It may also refer to Berkshire UK Parliament constituency 1265 1885 Earl of Berkshire , an Earldom based on the county Places in the United States The Berkshires , or Berkshire Mountains, a mountain range and high tourism area in Massachusetts Berkshire, Connecticut , an unincorporated community in Fairfield County located in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains Berkshire, New York Berkshire, Vermont Berkshire County, Massachusetts Other meanings Berkshire pig , a breed of domestic pig from the English county Berkshire soil , soil type Berkshire Hathaway , an American investment and holding company Berkshire locomotive , a railroad steam locomotive type in the Whyte notation, it is a 2 8 4 type Berkshire Publishing Group , a publisher of academic and educational books See also BerkShares , local currency in Massachusetts disambig da Berkshire de Berkshire Begriffskl rung ko it Berkshire disambigua nl Berkshire doorverwijspagina ja no Berkshire andre betydninger pl Berkshire ujednoznacznienie sk Berkshire sv Berkshire olika betydelser zh ... more details
Leverton is a small hamlet in West Berkshire , England , close to the border with Wiltshire around Convert 2 mi km 0 abbr on north west of Hungerford . Leverton was the Berkshire part of the civil parish of Chilton Foliat which was half in Wiltshire and half in Berkshire, until transferred to Hungerford parish in the 1890s. It is a remarkably complete survival of an 18th 19th century estate village, belonging to the Chilton Lodge estate, and comprises a Model Farm , Gardener s Bothy, Head Gardener s cottage, Kitchen Garden with a full set of boiler houses and potting sheds, thatched Apple Store and a range of six thatched pepperpot cottages originally inhabited by estate workers. The kitchen garden was restored to production in the late 1980s by the BBC for the Victorian Kitchen Garden series and also featured in subsequent spin offs such as The Victorian Kitchen and The Victorian Flower Garden . The hamlet also retains a set of stocks though the originals were removed to the Ashmolean Museum , Oxford in the 1990s and were replaced by a non functioning replica. Leverton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 being assessed at 4 hides, and probably continued as a rural farming village cultivating open fields until the 18th century when the present estate village commenced construction. image Leverton Hungerford.jpg border right 341x180px Pepperpot Cottages at Leverton Hamlet External links Commons category Leverton, Berkshire http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 23041&strquery Leverton 20village Victoria County History British History Online coord 51.428 1.522 type city region GB display title Category Hamlets in England Category Villages in Berkshire Category West BerkshireBerkshire geo stub ... more details
Berkshire East may refer to East Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire East Ski Area , a United States alpine ski area disambig ... more details
infobox UK place country England official name Stanmore latitude 51.508 longitude 1.317 unitary england West Berkshire lieutenancy england Berkshire region South East England post town NEWBURY postcode district RG20 postcode area RG civil parish Beedon population dial code 01635 os grid reference constituency westminster Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury Stanmore is a village in Berkshire , England . It is situated west of the A34 road England A34 road , 7 miles north of Newbury, Berkshire . Nearby towns Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , Abingdon, England Abingdon Nearby villages Beedon , East Ilsley , Peasemore See also List of civil parishes in Berkshire Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire pl Stanmore Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Eling static image name Eling Farm geograph.org.uk 11388.jpg static image caption small Eling Farm small latitude 51.471136 longitude 1.247745 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough West Berkshire metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town NEWBURY postcode district RG18 postcode area RG dial code 01635 os grid reference SU523750 Eling is a village in the England English county of Berkshire , within the civil parish of Hermitage, Berkshire Hermitage . The settlement lies next to the M4 motorway , and is located approximately convert 5 mi km north east of Newbury, Berkshire Newbury . External links Commons category inline Eling, Berkshire Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire pl Eling Berkshire ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Shaw Church geograph.org.uk 345708.jpg thumb right Parish Church Shaw is a village in Berkshire , England . It is located to the north of Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , near the village of Donnington, Berkshire Donnington . It is in the civil parish parish of Shaw cum Donnington . The Elizabethan architecture Elizabethan stately home , called Shaw House, Berkshire Shaw House , is located here. It was one of the Royalist headquarters during the Second Battle of Newbury and, later, the home of the childhood home of the historian, James Pettit Andrews . It is now a conference centre owned by West Berkshire Council. External links Commons category inline Shaw, Berkshire West Berkshire Coord 51.409 1.314 type city region GB display title Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Berkshire geo stub ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Downend latitude 51.472345 longitude 1.314619 map type Berkshire population population density unitary england West Berkshire lieutenancy england Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury civil parish Chieveley post town NEWBURY postcode district RG20 postcode area RG dial code 01635 os grid reference SU476750 Downend is a village in Berkshire, England , and part of the civil parish of Chieveley . The settlement lies near to the A34 road England A34 road , and is located approximately convert 5 mi km north of Newbury, Berkshire Newbury . Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire pl Downend Berkshire ... more details
Clapton is a hamlet in the West Berkshire District, in the English county of Berkshire . It is to the south of the M4 motorway . It is also to the south of the smaller hamlet of Winding Wood, Berkshire Winding Wood . References AA Street by Street Berkshire page 130 coord 51.43060 N 1.45028 W type city 50 region GB display title Category West BerkshireBerkshire geo stub ... more details
America s Gilded Age , the post American Civil War Civil War and post Reconstruction era of the United States Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1901 saw unprecedented economic and industrial prosperity. As a result of this prosperity, the nation s wealthiest families were able to construct monumental estates in Newport, Rhode Island , Bar Harbor, Maine and The Berkshires in Massachusetts . Approximately seventy five estates were built in Lenox, Massachusetts Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts Stockbridge , Massachusetts . Allen Winden Ashintully Bellefontaine estate Bellefontaine Belvoir Terrace Blantyre estate Blantyre Bonnie Brae Brookhurst Chesterwood Massachusetts Chesterwood Coldbrook estate Coldbrook Deepdene estate Deepdene Eastover estate Eastover Elm Court Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts Elm Court Erskine Park Groton Place Gusty Gables High Lawn Kellogg Terrace Lakeside estate Lakeside Merrywood Naumkeag Oakland estate Oakwood Overlee Pine Needles Anson Phelps Stokes Shadowbrook Spring Lawn Stonover Sunnyridge Tanglewood The Homestead estate The Homestead The Mount Lenox, Massachusetts The Mount Valleyhead Ventfort Hall Villa Virginia Wheatleigh Windyside Wyndhurst estate Wyndhurst See also Vanderbilt houses External links http www.gildedage.org The Museum of the Gilded Age at Ventfort Hall http video.bobvila.com m 21320282 tour of the gilded cottages of the berkshire hills.htm Bob Vila tour of Berkshire cottages Category Stockbridge, Massachusetts Category Massachusetts culture Category Buildings and structures in Lenox, Massachusetts Category Houses in Berkshire County, Massachusetts de Berkshire Cottages ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Elcot static image name Halfway Inn geograph.org.uk 32972.jpg static image caption small Halfway Inn small latitude 51.420675 longitude 1.430104 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough West Berkshire metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town HUNGERFORD postcode district RG17 postcode area RG dial code 01488 os grid reference SU397696 Elcot is a hamlet in Berkshire, England , and part of the civil parish of Kintbury . It is the location of the Star classification Hotel ratings four star Elcot Park Hotel . The settlement lies near to the A4 road Great Britain A4 road , and is located equidistant from both Hungerford and Newbury, Berkshire Newbury . Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Cranbourne latitude 51.445788 longitude 0.671737 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough Bracknell Forest metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town WINDSOR postcode district SL4 postcode area SL dial code 01344 os grid reference SU926727 Cranbourne is a village in Berkshire, England , within the civil parish of Winkfield in the borough of Bracknell Forest . The settlement lies near to Windsor Great Park and Legoland Windsor , and is approximately convert 3.5 mi km south west of Windsor, Berkshire Windsor . Neither Cranbourne Chase, Berkshire Cranbourne Chase nor Cranbourne Lodge , which it surrounds, are in Winkfield but across the border in Windsor. External links Commons category inline Cranbourne, Berkshire Berkshire geo stub Bracknell Forest Category Villages in Berkshire Category Bracknell Forest pl Cranbourne Berkshire ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 Infobox UK place country England official name Brookside latitude 51.425191 longitude 0.680864 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough Bracknell Forest metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town BRACKNELL postcode district SL5 postcode area SL dial code 01344 os grid reference SU918706 Brookside is a village in Berkshire, England , within the civil parish of Winkfield . The settlement lies east of the A332 road and is approximately convert 0.5 mi km north of Ascot Racecourse . Berkshire geo stub Bracknell Forest Category Villages in Berkshire Category Bracknell Forest pl Brookside Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Burleigh latitude 51.416318 longitude 0.690696 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough Bracknell Forest metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town BRACKNELL postcode district SL5 postcode area SL dial code 01344 os grid reference SU910699 Burleigh is a village in Berkshire, England , within the civil parish of Warfield . The settlement lies east of the A332 road and is approximately convert 1 mi km west of Ascot Racecourse . Berkshire geo stub Bracknell Forest Category Villages in Berkshire Category Bracknell Forest pl Burleigh Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Eddington latitude 51.420099 longitude 1.5071775 population population ref civil parish Hungerford unitary england West Berkshire region South East England lieutenancy england Berkshire constituency westminster Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury post town HUNGERFORD postcode district RG17 0 postcode area RG dial code 01488 os grid reference SU3436569125 Eddington is a village in the civil parish of Hungerford, Berkshire Hungerford in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire , England . It lies approximately convert 0.7 mi north east from Hungerford, its nearest town. West Berkshire Category West Berkshire berkshire geo stub ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Crookham static image name Old Thatch near Brimpton and Crookham geograph.org.uk 10671.jpg static image caption small Old Thatch small latitude 51.375997 longitude 1.231041 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough West Berkshire metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town Thatcham postcode district RG19 postcode area RG dial code 0118 os grid reference SU536641 Crookham is a village in the England English county of Berkshire , and part of the civil parish of Greenham . The settlement lies near to the A339 road A339 and A4 road Great Britain A4 roads , and is located approximately convert 4 mi km south east of Thatcham . Crookham like the adjoining Crookham Common is situated at the end of the runway of RAF Greenham Common . History The village was originally owned by Reading Abbey , and thus King Henry III of England visited the hamlet in 1229 most probably to engage in hunting in the rural areas ref http www.berkshirehistory.com villages crookham.html Royal Berkshire History Crookham ref . References reflist External links Commons category inline Crookham, Berkshire Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Category Thatcham pl Crookham Berkshire ... more details
of Woodley is still carried on by the presence of the Museum of Berkshire Aviation . After World War ... Nearby towns and cities Reading, Berkshire Reading , Earley , Wokingham Nearby villages Sonning , Twyford, Berkshire Twyford , Winnersh , Hurst, Berkshire Hurst , Charvil lollipop Education Woodley is home ..., The Hoosiers ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk berkshire content articles 2007 12 18 hoosiers ... of places in Berkshire List of civil parishes in England Sonning Cutting on the Great Western Railway ... England Berkshire Woodley Pictures of Woodley http www.flickr.com groups woodley ... Reading, BerkshireBerkshire Category Suburbs of Reading, Berkshire Category Towns in Berkshire Category Wokingham Category Sonning Category Civil parishes in Berkshire fr Woodley it Woodley nl ... more details
Halfway is a hamlet place hamlet in the civil parish of Welford, Berkshire Welford in the England English county of Berkshire . It is located in the Districts of England district of West Berkshire and the Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury parliamentary constituency . It is called halfway because it is situated half way between Newbury, Berkshire Newbury and Hungerford on the A4 road Great Britain A4 road . It also so called as it is halfway between London & Bristol It used to be the site of a folly type building in the shape of a mock castle which was demolished in the 1960s. It was also the site of The Old Green Man public house, sometimes known as The Halfway . External links Commons category inline Halfway, Berkshire West Berkshire coord 51 24.8 N 1 25 W region GB type city source OSExplorer158 display title Category Hamlets in England Category Villages in Berkshire Category West BerkshireBerkshire geo stub ... more details
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