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Berkshire

ceremonial and non-metropolitan but non-administrative county of England
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Summary

Berkshire is a ceremonial county of England[1]. Berkshire draws 11,918 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial county of england category, ranking #14 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: South East England[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: non-metropolitan county[5]
  • Capital: Reading[6]
  • Shares border with: Buckinghamshire[7], Surrey[8], Oxfordshire[9], Hampshire[10], Wiltshire[11], Greater London[12]
  • Named after: Berkshire[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bracknell Forest[14], Reading[15], Slough[16], West Berkshire[17], Windsor and Maidenhead[18], Wokingham[19]
  • Flag: flag of Berkshire[20]
  • Commons category: Berkshire[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Berkshire[22]
  • Population: 812,000[23], 911,403[24], 917,762[25]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Berkshire[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Berkshire[32]
  • Native label: Berkshire[33]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Berkshire[34]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Berkshire[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Berkshire[36]
  • Different from: Berkshire[37]
  • Area: 1261.9606 km²[38]
  • Related category: Category:Berkshire-related lists[39]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Berkshire[40]
  • Economy of topic: economy of Berkshire[41]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Berkshire[42]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Berkshire include Berks County[43], a county of Pennsylvania[44], in United States[45], founded in 1752[46].

Why It Matters

Berkshire has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Berkshire is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for Berkshire include Berks County[43], a county of Pennsylvania[44], in United States[45], founded in 1752[46].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q431534
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q431534, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → South East England, Kingdom of England, England
    Harper's tag → berkshire
    Authority → Q4892255
    Instance of → ceremonial county of England, non-metropolitan county
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: berkshire, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911875|berkshire (#289911875)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 21w ago · Jèrriais janne · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related category → Category:Berkshire-related lists
    Category for people buried here → Category:Burials in Berkshire
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough +3
    Named after → Berkshire
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: non-metropolitan county"
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