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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "WEST BERKSHIRE":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BERKS, or Berkshire	Berkshire	BERKS , or Berkshire, an inland county, within the basin of the Thames. It is bounded, on the N, by Gloucester	Imperial
  DOWN	Down	Berkshire and Hampshire mostly prevail; but the most profitable is a cross between the Dutch and Russian breeds, which grows to a good size, easily fattens, and weighs well; the greater number are fattened and slaughtered, and the carcases are conveyed either to Belfast, or Newry for the supply of the provision merchants, where they are mostly cured for the English market. The breed of horses, in general, is very good. There are some remains of ancient woods near Downpatrick, Finnebrogue, Briansford, and Castlewellan; and the entire county is well wooded. The oak every where flourishes vigorously; in the parks	Lewis:Ireland
  FARINGDON	Berkshire	West Saxon kings, and the death-place of Edward the Elder. An ancient castle stood at it, and was razed by Stephen. A Cistertian priory, subordinate to Beaulieu abbey, was founded on the site of the castle, in 1202, by King John; gave entertainment, for a night, to Henry III. and his queen; was given, at the dissolution, to the Seymours and the Englefields; and has entirely disappeared. Faringdon House, near the church, was built by Henry James Pye, the poet laureate; and is now the seat of D. Bennett, Esq. An ancient mansion, on the same site, belonged	Imperial
  Fife or Fifeshire	Fife	Fife or Fifeshire, a maritime county on the E side of Scotland. It is bounded on the N by the	Groome
  GLOUCESTERSHIRE, or Gloucester	Gloucestershire	Berkshire and cross breeds. An orchard exists on almost every farm; and cider and perry are largely made. The forest section is noted principally for its timber, and for an excellent cider apple; and it formerly bred considerable numbers of a very small and finely-formed sheep, now nearly extinct. The number of persons employed in the chief manufactures within the county, at the census of 1861, were 2, 655 males and 3, 765 females, in woollen cloth manufacture; 69 m. in wool or woollen dyeing; 9 m. and 10 f., in worsted manufacture	Imperial
  KILKENNY	Kilkenny	KILKENNY (County of), an inland county, in the western part of the province of Leinster, bounded on the east by	Lewis:Ireland
  LIMERICK	Limerick	Berkshire and Irish appears to fatten with the least trouble and to be the most profitable. The agricultural implements are generally of the newest and most improved construction, particularly the plough and the harrow: the old Irish car is quite banished, except among the very poorest people and its place is supplied by a light cart, composed of shafts, and a frame resting on a pair of wheels, on which is placed an oblong basket of wicker work, capable of containing a large quantity of field or garden produce, and removeable at pleasure, when timber or other bulky articles	Lewis:Ireland
  LONDON	London London	West end. The lord mayor never appeared in public without his rich robe, his hood of black velvet, his gold chain, and a large attendance of harbingers and guards; and on great occasions he rode on horseback, accompanied by a magnificent cavalcade, second in pomp and pageantry only to that which accompanied the sovereign, on his coronation day, from the Tower to Westminster. The trainbands, or City militia, comprised twelve regiments of foot and two of horse, officered by councillors and aldermen; were under the orders of a commission of eminent citizens; possessed the prestige of having contributed much	Imperial
  LOUTH	Louth	LOUTH (County of), a maritime county of the province of LEINSTER, and the smallest in Ireland, bounded on the east	Lewis:Ireland
  OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford, or Oxon	Oxfordshire	Berkshire breed, and are kept forbrawn and sausages. Natural woods occupy a considerable area, especially in the S; and plantations are numerous. Estates, for the most part, are of moderate size; and farms generally range from 100 to 300 acres, and are held either on lease, or from 7 to 14 years, or mostlyat will. The manufactures are neither numerous nor important.Blankets are made at Witney, Hailey, and Crawley; plush and girths, at Banbury, West	Imperial
  SURREY	Surrey	west; and Berkshire pigs and Dorking fowls are largely kept. Manufactures of numerous kinds abound in the vicinity of the metropolis	Imperial

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