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Mar 14, 2021 · Reading was first mentioned in the year 871 when the Danes captured it. They made a fort east of Reading by erecting a rampart between the Thames and the Kennet. Reading was next mentioned in 1006 when the Danes burnt it. At the time of the Domesday Book (1086), Reading had a population of about 600.
Reading endured a ten days' siege by the parliamentary forces in 1643, and Wallingford did not surrender until 1646. Newbury was the site of two battles, the first in 1643 and the second in 1644. Parliamentary representation. In 1295, Berkshire returned two Knights of the Shire to parliament for the county and two for the borough of Reading.
This database has been enhanced to include cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 80 core information science and technology titles. With coverage dating as far back as the mid 1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.
About Historic Berkshire. For local and family history research purposes, Berkshire is best considered as the historic Royal County of Berkshire — that is, the county essentially as it existed for more than 1,000 years before boundary changes were made in 1974. Further administrative changes followed in 1998 that abolished Berkshire County ...
Sep 21, 2021 · The Old Town. To the west is one of England’s best-preserved friaries. When the Franciscans first arrived, the friars were relegated by the abbey to a flood-prone meadow and built this new site in 1285–1311. After the Dissolution, it became the town hall and is now Greyfriars church.
Aug 23, 2023 · The Pittsfield Police Department, the largest department in Berkshire County, has 17 officers in the database, including one of its most visible representatives, Officer Darren Derby.
May 5, 2024 · 1635-1991 Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records 1635-1991 at Ancestry — index and images ($) 1761-1900 Berkshire County Probate Index, 1761-1900 at The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants - index. 1761-1917 Probate Records, 1761-1917 (*) Berkshire County Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog - index and images.
