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100 1 _aMonckton, Horace Woollaston,
_d1857-1931
245 1 0 _aBerkshire
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2015-03-22
508 _aProduced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Berkshire" by H. W. Monckton is a geographical account written in the early 20th century. This scholarly work serves as a detailed exploration of Berkshire, England, encompassing its natural features, geological formations, historical significance, and cultural aspects. The book is likely to interest readers looking for in-depth knowledge about this region, including insights into its formation, flora, fauna, and key historical events. The opening of "Berkshire" outlines the variations in land division in England compared to the structure of counties in the United States, highlighting the complex origins of county boundaries in England. Monckton explains the meaning of terms like "county" and "shire," tracks the historical development of Berkshire as a county dating back to the Saxon era, and introduces the geographic features and natural resources of the region. The text also references the Atrebates, an ancient tribe that once occupied the area, and discusses its transition through different historical epochs, including the Romans, Saxons, and Normans, setting the stage for the deeper exploration that follows in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBerkshire (England)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48561
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