List of Berkshire boundary changes
Boundary changes affecting the English county of Berkshire.
| Date | Legislation | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Historic county | ||
| 20 October 1844 | Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 |
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| Administrative county | ||
| 1889 | Local Government Act 1888 |
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| 1895 | Local Government Act 1894 |
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| 9 November 1911 | Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 11) Act 1911 |
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| Non-metropolitan county | ||
| 1 April 1974 | Local Government Act 1972 | |
| 1 April 1977 |
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| 1 April 1990 | The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989 |
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| 1 April 1991 | The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 | |
| 1 April 1995 | The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994 | |
List of places transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in 1974
- Abingdon
- Appleford-on-Thames
- Appleton
- Ardington
- Ardington Wick
- Ashbury
- Aston Tirrold
- Aston Upthorpe
- Bablock Hythe
- Badbury Hill
- Bagley Wood
- Baulking
- Bayworth
- Belmont
- Besselsleigh
- Blewbury
- Boars Hill
- Botley
- Bourton, Vale of White Horse
- Bow
- Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
- Buckland
- Caldecott
- Chain Hill
- Charney Bassett
- Childrey
- Chilswell
- Chilton
- Cholsey
- Compton Beauchamp
- Coscote
- Cothill
- Cumnor
- Cumnor Hill
- Cumnor Hurst
- Dean Court
- Denchworth
- Didcot
- Dragon Hill, Uffington
- Drayton, Vale of White Horse
- Dry Sandford
- Duxford
- East Hagbourne
- East Hanney
- East Hendred
- East Lockinge
- Eaton
- Eaton Hastings
- Faringdon
- Farmoor
- Fernham
- Frilford
- Fulscot
- Fyfield, Oxfordshire
- Gainfield
- Garford
- Great Coxwell
- Grove
- Harcourt Hill
- Harwell
- Hatford
- Hinksey
- Hinksey Hill
- Hinton Waldrist
- Kennington
- Kingston Bagpuize
- Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor
- Kingston Lisle
- Letcombe Bassett
- Letcombe Regis
- Little Coxwell
- Little Wittenham
- Littleworth
- Lockinge
- Long Wittenham
- Longcot
- Longworth
- Lyford
- Marcham
- Moulsford
- North Hinksey
- Pusey
- Radley
- St. Helen Without
- Seacourt
- Shellingford
- Shippon
- Shrivenham
- Sotwell
- South Hinksey
- South Moreton
- Southmoor
- Stanford in the Vale
- Sunningwell
- Sutton Courtenay
- Swinford
- Tubney
- Uffington
- Upton
- Wallingford
- Wantage
- Watchfield
- West Hagbourne
- West Hanney
- West Hendred
- West Lockinge
- White Horse Hill
- Winterbrook
- Wittenham Clumps
- Woolstone
- Wootton, Vale of White Horse
- Wytham
Notes
- Note a: ^ ^ The part of the parish of Wexham transferred to Berkshire was formed into a new parish of Wexham Court. The Britwell ward of Burnham parish was transferred to Berkshire to become the new parish of Britwell.[9]
References
- Grose, D: The Flora of Wiltshire 1957 p. 58
- 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.
- Vision of Britain website
- Victoria County History of Berkshire
- Arnold-Baker, C. (1973). Local Government Act 1972. Butterworths.
- "The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989". HMSO. 1989.
- "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991". HMSO. 1991.
- "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994". HMSO. 1994. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009.
- Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 170. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
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