List of Berkshire boundary changes

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Boundary changes affecting the English county of Berkshire.

Date Legislation Effect
Historic county
20 October 1844 Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844
  • Great Barrington (part) transferred to Gloucestershire
  • Little Faringdon transferred to Oxfordshire
  • Shilton (part) transferred to Oxfordshire
  • Oxenwood transferred to Wiltshire but erroneously listed as exclave, so transfer cancelled[1]
  • Inglesham (part) transferred to Wiltshire
  • Hurst (part) transferred from Wiltshire
  • Shinfield (part) transferred from Wiltshire
  • Wokingham (part) transferred from Wiltshire
Administrative county
1889 Local Government Act 1888
1895 Local Government Act 1894
9 November 1911 Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 11) Act 1911
  • Caversham
    transferred from Oxfordshire
Non-metropolitan county
1 April 1974 Local Government Act 1972
1 April 1977
1 April 1990 The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989
  • Parts of Hungerford and Lambourne (50,112 hectares) exchanged with Wiltshire[7]
1 April 1991 The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991
  • Exchanges with Oxfordshire (16 hectares)[8]
  • Exchanges with Buckinghamshire (32 hectares)[8]
  • Exchanges with Surrey (217 hectares)[8]
  • Exchanges with Hampshire (70 hectares)[8]
1 April 1995 The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994

List of places transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in 1974

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Britwell ward of Burnham parish was transferred to Berkshire to become the new parish of Britwell.[5]
  2. Wexham Court.[5]

References

  1. ^ Grose, D: The Flora of Wiltshire 1957 p. 58
  2. ^ Eleanor Chance; Christina Colvin; Janet Cooper; C.J. Day; T.G. Hassall; Nesta Selwyn (1979). Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 260–264.
  3. ^ Vision of Britain website
  4. ^ Victoria County History of Berkshire
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-11-750847-0
    .
  6. ^ Arnold-Baker, C. (1973). Local Government Act 1972. Butterworths.
  7. ^ "The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989". HMSO. 1989.
  8. ^ a b c d "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991". HMSO. 1991.
  9. ^ a b "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994". HMSO. 1994. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009.
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