List of Berkshire boundary changes

Boundary changes affecting the English county of Berkshire.

DateLegislationEffect
Historic county
20 October 1844Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844
Administrative county
1889Local Government Act 1888
1895Local Government Act 1894
9 November 1911Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 11) Act 1911
Non-metropolitan county
1 April 1974Local Government Act 1972
1 April 1977
1 April 1990The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989
  • Parts of Hungerford and Lambourne (50,112 hectares) exchanged with Wiltshire[6]
1 April 1991The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991
  • Exchanges with Oxfordshire (16 hectares)[7]
  • Exchanges with Buckinghamshire (32 hectares)[7]
  • Exchanges with Surrey (217 hectares)[7]
  • Exchanges with Hampshire (70 hectares)[7]
1 April 1995The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994

List of places transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in 1974

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]

See also

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. Arnold-Baker, C. (1973). Local Government Act 1972. Butterworths.
  6. "The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989". HMSO. 1989.
  7. "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991". HMSO. 1991.
  8. "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994". HMSO. 1994. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009.
  9. 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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