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List of Berkshire boundary changes

 
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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]

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