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VCH Berkshire Publications
The Victoria County History of Berkshire was completed in four volumes between 1906 and 1924.
The Victoria County History of Berkshire was completed in four volumes between 1906 and 1924, with a separate index volume produced in 1927. These volumes provide complete coverage of the county.
Red Book Publications
Volume I
This volume, edited by P. H. Ditchfield and William Page, was published in 1906. It contains the following entries:
- Natural History
- Early Man
- Romano-British Berkshire
- Anglo-Saxon Remains
- Ancient Earthworks
- Introduction to the Berkshire Domesday
- Translation of the Berkshire Domesday
- Industries
The full text is available via the Internet Archive.
Volume II
This volume, edited by P. H. Ditchfield and William Page, was published in 1907. It contains the following entries:
- Ecclesiastical History
- Religious Houses
- Political History
- Social and Economic History
- Schools
- Sport Ancient and Modern
- Agriculture
- Forestry
The full text is available via the Internet Archive. It is also partly available at British History Online.
Volume III
This volume, edited by P. H. Ditchfield and William Page, who were assisted by John Hautenville Cope. Includign the boroughs of Windsor and Reading, it was published in 1923. It contains the following entries:
- Royal Borough of Windsor
- Ripplesmere Hundred
- Bray Hundred
- Cookham Hundred
- Beynhurst Hundred
- Wargrave Hundred
- Sonning Hundred
- Charlton Hundred
- Reading Hundred
- Theale Hundred
- Moreton Hundred
The full text is available via British History Online.
Volume IV
This volume, edited by P. H. Ditchfield and William Page, who were assisted by John Hautenville Cope. It was published in 1924. It contains the parish entries for each parish in the following hundreds:
- Hundred of Compton
- Hundred of Faircross
- Hundred of Kintbury Eagle
- Hundred of Lambourn
- Hundred of Wantage
- Hundred of Ock
- Hundred of Hormer
- Hundred of Ganfield
- Hundred of Faringdon
- Hundred of Shrivenham
The full text is available via British History Online.
