Local Berkshire Sites
| # | Web Link | Hits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Berkshire Record Office The County Record Office for the pre-1974 Royal County of Berkshire, holding original records from the towns and villages of the county, including those of North Berkshire and the Vale of the White Horse. |
1149 |
| 2 |
Berkshire Landscapes Explore digital images of original maps and land awards which show the sequence of enclosure over 150 years of common fields of the county of Berkshire between 1738 and 1883. |
255 |
| 3 |
Broadmoor Hospital All you need to know about Broadmoor (formerly the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum) since its inception in 1863, including the protocol for access to the hospital's records. |
312 |
| 4 |
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre For certain records from all of pre-1974 Berkshire also. These include pre-1836 Berkshire returns to the diocese (Salisbury) including bishops' transcripts, consistory court wills, wills from two of the three 'peculiars', marriage licences and other material. |
693 |
| 5 |
Museum of English Rural Life The archive collection includes: records of major agricultural manufacturing firms, agricultural organisations and cooperatives, personal records and journals of farm workers, company accounts of farms across England and films of the countryside and agriculture.The museum also holds many related images of agriculture, landscapes and rural life, among them large collections of photographs from the farming press, photo agencies, records of Britain's leading agricultural engineering firms and local images from Berkshire and adjacent counties. |
16 |
| 6 |
Oxfordshire History Centre For records of pre-1974 Oxfordshire. Also holds post-1836 Berkshire returns to the diocese (Oxford rather than Salisbury) including bishops' transcripts and consistory court wills (1836 to 1857 only). |
232 |
| 7 |
Workhouses For Berkshire details either search for 'Berkshire' or look under 'Workhouse Locations' in the main menu. |
244 |
| 8 |
About Huntley and Palmer The website tells the story of this great Reading biscuit company from its beginnings in 1822 to the 1980s. Includes information on employees and the company's influence on the development of the town. |
249 |
| 9 |
Huntley and Palmers records The archives cover the period 1837-1995 and comprise documentary materials from all areas of the business, including financial records, correspondence, sales records, promotional material, production records, packaging designs and specimens, photographs, published material and audiovisual items. |
236 |
| 10 |
Reading Museum Service Details of two locations and their holdings: Reading Museum and Town Hall and the Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock. |
192 |
| 11 |
Reading Forum A section of the forum covers genealogy and lost friends, work colleagues etc. |
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