Project Gutenberg 2015-03-22 Public domain in the USA. 332 Monckton, Horace Woollaston 1857 1931 Monckton, H. W. (Horace Woollaston) a12001387 Berkshire Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Berkshire" by H. W. Monckton is a geographical account written in the early 20th century. This scholarly work serves as a detailed exploration of Berkshire, England, encompassing its natural features, geological formations, historical significance, and cultural aspects. The book is likely to interest readers looking for in-depth knowledge about this region, including insights into its formation, flora, fauna, and key historical events. The opening of "Berkshire" outlines the variations in land division in England compared to the structure of counties in the United States, highlighting the complex origins of county boundaries in England. Monckton explains the meaning of terms like "county" and "shire," tracks the historical development of Berkshire as a county dating back to the Saxon era, and introduces the geographic features and natural resources of the region. The text also references the Atrebates, an ancient tribe that once occupied the area, and discusses its transition through different historical epochs, including the Romans, Saxons, and Normans, setting the stage for the deeper exploration that follows in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Berkshire (England) DA Text Category: History - British Category: History - Ancient Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals Category: Environmental Issues Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 313517 2025-09-19T12:17:32.133677 text/html 283054 2024-10-24T17:11:13 text/html 5034037 2025-09-19T12:17:42.437632 application/epub+zip 5066829 2025-09-19T12:17:35.472686 application/epub+zip 194283 2025-09-19T12:17:33.626697 application/epub+zip 5536484 2025-09-19T12:17:46.648730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5479208 2025-09-19T12:17:40.624628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222981 2022-09-22T05:16:13.380705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213426 2025-09-19T12:17:30.676726 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 193572 2024-10-24T17:11:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17384 2025-09-19T12:17:46.872611 application/rdf+xml 14708 2025-09-19T12:17:33.740723 image/jpeg 2272 2025-09-19T12:17:33.685700 image/jpeg 4778451 2025-09-19T12:17:32.399771 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog