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The towns, village and hamlets of
Berkshire each have there own fascinating story to tell. At the bottom of the page are links to what
we have available on our website, but you can also read extended versions and about more places (Click
on the links for a list) in my books too:
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Volume 1:
East Berkshire
Town & Village Histories
Whether
you are from East Berkshire or just visiting, this book is the
place to find out all about the history of some 126 different
towns, suburbs, villages and hamlets around Windsor and
Maidenhead, Slough and Bracknell Forest. Join David Nash Ford
from berkshirehistory.com as he
examines the structures, people and events that have shaped each
place. Some of these histories were first published in part here
on this website, but they have all been considerably expanded
and are joined by many new histories of places often missed by
historians, including those which only joined Berkshire in 1974
or later. Click
for full details and purchase options.
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Volume 2:
Mid-Berkshire
Town & Village Histories
Whether you are
from Mid-Berkshire or just visiting, this book is the place to find
out all about the history of some 113 different towns, suburbs,
villages and hamlets in the Boroughs of Reading and of Wokingham and the eastern portion of the District of West Berkshire.
From Streatley to Padworth and Ruscombe to Finchampstead,
join David Nash Ford from
berkshirehistory.com in his second volume examining the structures, people and events
that have shaped each place. Some of these histories were first
published in part here on this website, but they have all been
considerably expanded and are joined by many new histories of places
often missed by historians, including those which only joined
Berkshire in 1911 or later. Click
for full details and purchase options.
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Volume 3:
West Berkshire
Town & Village Histories
Whether
you are from West Berkshire or just visiting, this book is the
place to find out all about the history of some 102 different
towns, suburbs, villages and hamlets in the western portion of the District
of West Berkshire. From Upper Lambourn to Combe and Compton to Aldermaston, join David Nash Ford
from berkshirehistory.com in his third volume
examining the structures, people and events that have shaped each
place. Some of these histories were first published in part here
on this website, but they have all been considerably expanded
and are joined by many new histories of places often missed by
historians. Click
for full details and purchase options.
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Some have been superseded or no
longer exist:
The Roman Settlement at Frilford
The Alfredian Burgh at Wallingford
Deserted Medieval Villages
See also:
Maps and Travels
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