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                      Cambridge County Geographies

                               BERKSHIRE


                                   by

                     H. W. MONCKTON, F.L.S., F.G.S.

                 With Maps, Diagrams and Illustrations


                               Cambridge:
                        at the University Press
                                  1911







                               Cambridge:
                       PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A.
                        AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS







CONTENTS


                                                           PAGE

     1. County and Shire. Meaning of the Words                1
     2. General Characteristics                               6
     3. Size. Shape. Boundaries                               8
     4. Surface and General Features                         15
     5. Watershed. Rivers and their Courses. Lakes           18
     6. Geology and Soil                                     25
     7. Natural History                                      41
     8. Climate and Rainfall                                 47
     9. People--Race. Population                             52
    10. Agriculture                                          55
    11. Industries and Manufactures                          57
    12. Minerals. Building Materials                         61
    13. The History of Berkshire                             65
    14. History (continued)                                  75
    15. Antiquities--(a) Prehistoric                         80
    16. Antiquities--(b) Roman and Saxon                     89
    17. Architecture--(a) Ecclesiastical. Churches           91
    18. Architecture--(b) Religious Houses                  102
    19. Architecture--(c) Military                          109
    20. Architecture--(d) Domestic                          113
    21. Communications--Ancient and Modern                  117
    22. Administration and Divisions--Ancient and Modern    125
    23. Public and Educational Establishments               128
    24. The Forest in Berkshire                             135
    25. Roll of Honour                                      137
    26. The Chief Towns and Villages of Berkshire           146




ILLUSTRATIONS

                                                           PAGE

    Windsor Castle from the North-West                        2
    The Ridgeway--Uffington Castle in the distance            7
    The Thames near Pangbourne                               10
    The Thames at Maidenhead                                 12
    The River Kennet at Hungerford                           13
    Crown Hill, South Ascot                                  16
    Cookham Dean                                             17
    Streatley from Goring                                    19
    The Pang at Pangbourne                                   21
    Pangbourne                                               22
    The Thames near Abingdon                                 24
    Diagram to illustrate the Geology of Berkshire           30
    Diagram-section of the Berkshire Rocks                   31
    Corallian Rock, Shellingford                             33
    Specimen from the Reading Leaf-Bed                       37
    Bagshot Heath Country from Bog Hill                      39
    Sarsens in Gravel, Chobham Ridges                        40
    The Pine Plantations near Wellington College             45
    Wellingtonia Avenue near Wellington College              46
    Factory Girls leaving Work at Reading                    58
    Whitening Factory, Kintbury                              61
    Christ's Hospital, Abingdon                              63
    White Waltham Church                                     64
    Statue of King Alfred, Wantage                           67
    St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle                       69
    St George's Chapel: the Interior                         71
    Abingdon Abbey                                           74
    St George's Hall: Windsor Castle                         78
    Statue of Queen Victoria at Windsor                      79
    Wayland Smith's Cave                                     83
    Flint Implements of the Neolithic Period found in
        Berkshire                                            84
    The White Horse                                          87
    Blewburton Hill, near Blewbury                           88
    St Nicholas's Church, Abingdon                           92
    Abbey Gateway, Abingdon                                  94
    North Door, Faringdon Church                             96
    South Door, Faringdon Church                             97
    Finchampstead Church                                     98
    Faringdon Parish Church                                  99
    The Upper Cross: East Hagbourne Village                 100
    Abingdon Parish Church                                  101
    Ruins of Reading Abbey                                  103
    Part of the Hospitium of St John, Reading Abbey         104
    The Refectory, Hurley Priory                            105
    The Abbey Barn, Great Coxwell                           106
    Bisham Abbey                                            107