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Boundary changes affecting the English county of Berkshire.

Date Legislation Effect
20 October 1844 Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844
1889 Local Government Act 1888
9 November 1911 Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 11) Act 1911
1 April 1974 Local Government Act 1972
1 April 1977
1 April 1990 The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989
  • Parts of Hungerford and Lambourne (50,112 hectares) exchanged with Wiltshire[3]
1 April 1991 The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991
  • Exchanges with Oxfordshire (16 hectares)[4]
  • Exchanges with Buckinghamshire (32 hectares)[4]
  • Exchanges with Surrey (217 hectares)[4]
  • Exchanges with Hampshire (70 hectares)[4]
1 April 1995 The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994

Notes

  • Note a: ^  The area included the following towns and villages:
  • Note b: ^ ^  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.[6]

References

  1. ^ William Page and P.H. Ditchfield (eds) (1924). Parishes: South Hinksey, A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. Victoria County History. British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62739. Retrieved 2009-10-06. 
  2. ^ Arnold-Baker, C. (1973). Local Government Act 1972. Butterworths. 
  3. ^ "The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989". HMSO. 1989. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891213_en_1.htm. 
  4. ^ a b c d "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991". HMSO. 1991. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1991/Uksi_19910264_en_1.htm#tcon. 
  5. ^ a b "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994". HMSO. 1994. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1994/Uksi_19940330_en_1.htm. 
  6. ^ Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 170. ISBN 0117508470. 







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