This incredible history of Berkshire presents an accurate report of the manners, customs, traditions, and life of people in Berkshire a long time ago. The author includes short biographies of the famous personalities that lived in the Royal County. The stories of the castles and abbeys display how several significant events in the history of England have taken place on Berkshire soil. This work contains different texts by various prominent writers describing the history of the Royal County. Contents include: Historic Berkshire. by P.H. Ditchfield Windsor Castle. by Evelyn Ingleby Wallingford Castle. by J.E. Field Cumnor Place and Amy Robsart. by H.J. Reid Alfred the Great. by W.H. Thompson The Guilds of Berkshire. by P.H. Ditchfield The Scouring of the White Horse. by E.R. Gardiner The Last of the Abbots Siege of Reading Reading Abbey The First Battle of Newbury. by Edward Lamplough The Second Battle of Newbury. by Edward Lamplough Binfield and Easthampstead, 1700-1716, and the Early Years of Alexander Pope. by C.W. Penny Berkshire Words and Phrases. by M.J. Bacon Bull-Baiting in Berkshire. by Canon Sturges Index. by William Andrews

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