Introduction

• Berkshire - What's it all About?
• Berkshire Changes

Early Berkshire

• Prehistoric Thames Valley
  • Hillforts in Berkshire
  • Uffington White Horse
  • Wayland's Smithy
• Romans in the Thames Valley
  • Roman Temples in Berkshire
  • Temples that became Churches 
  • Roman Villas in Berkshire
• Saxons in the Thames Valley
  • The Birth of Berkshire
  • The Gewissae
  • Village & Palace at Sutton Courtenay & Drayton
  • Saxon Burial Mounds in Berkshire
  • The Lowbury Hill King
  • Wayland the Smith
  • Christianity arrives in Berkshire
  • Vikings invade Berkshire
  • Alfred the Great

Heroes & Villains

Where it all Happened

• Abingdon
• Ascot
• Bracknell
• Caversham
• Faringdon
• Maidenhead
• Newbury
• Reading
• Thatcham
• Wallingford
• Wantage
• Windsor
• Windsor Forest & Great Park
• Wokingham

Castles

• Donnington Castle
• Sonning Bishop's Palace
• Wallingford Castle
• Windsor Castle
• Other Castles

Mansions & Manors

• Abbey House, Reading
• Basildon Park
• Benham Park
• Bisham Abbey
• Calcot Park
• Caversham Park
• Coley Park
• Cumberland Lodge
• Earley Whiteknights
• Englefield House
• Hamstead Marshall Park
• Ladye Place
• Ockwells Manor
• Shaw House
• Southcote Manor
• Ufton Court
  • Loyal Lord Lovell
  • Weeping Dick Weston
  • Lady Marvyn's Legacy
  • In Pursuit of Priests
  • Attractive Arabella Fermor
• Walsingham House

Churches & Monasteries

• Abingdon Abbey
• Bisham Priory
• Reading Abbey
• Reading Friary
• St. George's Chapel, Windsor

Events to Remember

• Christianity arrives in Berkshire
• Vikings invade Berkshire
• Sieges at Windsor Castle
• The Great Abingdon Riot
• Big Time Bigamy for the Fair Maid of Kent
• The Order of the Garter
• Kidnap Crisis at Beaumys Castle
• Aske No Questions (about Religious Change)
• The Windsor Martyrs
• The Newbury Martyrs
• Armed Clash at Ufton
• In Pursuit of Priests at Ufton
• Siege of Reading
• Battles at Newbury
• Battle of Broad Street

Explore Tudor & Stuart Reading

• Explore our 3D Map
  • Abbey House
  • Bath Road
  • Broad Street
  • Burgage Plots
  • Caversham Bridge
  • Greyfriars
  • Kendrick's Oracle & Minster Street
  • Market Place
  • The Orts
  • Reading Abbey
  • Reading Breweries
  • Reading Mills
  • Reading Wharfs
  • St. Edmund's Hermitage
  • St. Giles'
  • St. Laurence's & St. John's
  • St. Mary's & the Butts
  • Walsingham House
  • Yield Hall

The Big Picture

• Henry I & his Daughter's Civil War
• War of the Roses
• Dissolution & Reformation
• English Civil War Chaos
• Great Plague of London
• Great Fire of London

Scary Stories

• The Berkshire Lady
• Herne the Hunter's Ghost
• The King performs Miracles
• Lady Hoby's Ghost
• Midwife becomes Dangerous Witness
• Wayland the Smith

You What?

• What is Being Hung, Drawn & Quartered?
• What are Coats of Arms?
• What were Knights, Squires & Tournaments?
• What were Vikings?

Berkshire Life

• A Monk's Day
• Jobs in a Monastery
• Parts of a Monastery
• Relics & Pilgrimage
• Parts of a Castle - work in progress
• Cloth Making
• Medieval Hall Houses - work in progress

• Activity Sheets
• Colouring Sheets