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Berkshire - LoveToKnow 1911 (1995 words) |
 | BERKSHIRE [abbreviated Berks, pronounced Berkshire], a southern county of England, bounded N. by Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, E. by Surrey, S. by Hampshire, W. by Wiltshire, and N.W. for a short distance by Gloucestershire. |
| Berkshire forms an archdeaconry in the diocese of Oxford; a small portion, however, falls within the diocese of Salisbury. |
| Berkshire and Oxfordshire had a common sheriff until the reign of Elizabeth, and the shire court was held at Grauntpont. |
| Combe Gibbet and Walbury Hillfort, Berkshire (342 words) |
| Combe gibbet stands on the top of Combe down, and was erected on top of a Neolithic burial mound. |
| Their dead bodies were hung on either side of the Combe Gibbet to act as a grim deterrent to other would be wrong doers. |
| It's worth noting that the gibbet, though in Berkshire is situated near to the county borders of Hampshire and Wiltshire. |
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