Berkeley (/ˈbɑːrkli/ BARK-lee) is a market town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between...
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Charles Berkeley (born 1968), High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 2019/20, inherited the castle and estate from his father, Major John Berkeley (1931–2017)...
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The Berkeley family retains possession of much of the lands it held from the 11th and 12th centuries, centred on Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, which...
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Royal Navy have been named HMS Berkeley Castle after Berkeley Castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Berkeley Castle was a 48-gun wooden warship...
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Berkeley, Gloucestershire, a town in England Berkeley, California, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area, the largest city named Berkeley Berkeley, Denver...
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Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1281 – 31 May 1326), The Magnanimous, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England...
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Thomas de Berkeley (c. 1293 or 1296 – 27 October 1361), known as The Rich, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was...
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at Berkeley Castle in the English county of Gloucestershire. Maurice was born in 1218 to Thomas de Berkeley and wife Joan de Somery. He married Isabel...
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Frenchay Campus in South Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire has one city and 33 towns: Gloucester The towns in Gloucestershire are: Berkeley Bradley Stoke Cheltenham...
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Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (c. 1320 – 8 June 1368), The Valiant, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, was an English...
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Berkeley nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated on the bank of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, England. The ongoing...
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Edward Jenner (category People from Berkeley, Gloucestershire)
1749 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England as the eighth of nine children. His father, the Reverend Stephen Jenner, was the vicar of Berkeley, so Jenner...
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Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (c. 1245– 23 July 1321), The Wise, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was...
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de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley (5 January 1352/53 – 13 July 1417), The Magnificent, of Berkeley Castle and of Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire, was...
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Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, and Lady Isabel Mowbray at Berkeley Castle in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, in 1426. His first marriage was in 1466 to Elizabeth...
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The Berkeley Hunt is a foxhound pack in the west of England. Its country lies in the southern part of Gloucestershire, between Gloucester and Bristol...
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John Trevisa (category People from Berkeley, Gloucestershire)
Exeter College, Oxford, and became Vicar of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, chaplain to the 5th Lord Berkeley, and Canon of Westbury on Trym. He translated...
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the project's headquarters moved to SGS Berkeley Green University Technical College in Berkeley, Gloucestershire near Gloucester. High speed testing of...
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Michael Praed (category People from Berkeley, Gloucestershire)
Sherwood, which attained cult status worldwide. Praed was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, and educated at Eastbourne College, after which he became an...
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James Phipps (category People from Berkeley, Gloucestershire)
in Berkeley parish in Gloucestershire to a poor landless labourer working as Jenner's gardener. He was baptised in St Mary's parish church, Berkeley, when...
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1736 as 4th Earl of Berkeley, 12th Baron Berkeley and 4th Viscount Dursley. In 1737, he was created Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Constable of St...
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buried on 31 October 1736 at Berkeley, Gloucestershire. He was succeeded by his son Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley. His daughter Elizabeth ran...
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Countess of Angus Isabella, married 1247 Sir Maurice de Berkeley of Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Lorette (d. bef. 1265), married 1248 Sir William Marmion...
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The Witch of Berkeley is a medieval English legend written by monk William of Malmesbury that acts as an allegory of the fate of sinners. The story begins...
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Civil War. Berkeley was the son of Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford and Rendcomb, Gloucestershire who was Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1614...
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Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire from 1766 to 1810. Berkeley was the eldest son and heir of Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley, by Elizabeth, daughter...
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the name of two places in England: Hook Street, a village near Berkeley, Gloucestershire Hook Street, Wiltshire, a hamlet near Lydiard Tregoze This disambiguation...
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1796 the Earl of Berkeley had married Mary Cole at Lambeth. The Earl then maintained they had married at Berkeley, Gloucestershire, officiated by the...
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John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler (category People from Berkeley, Gloucestershire)
awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Butler was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, on 20 December 1888 to Lieutenant Colonel Francis John Paul Butler...
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Berkley Bedell (1921–2019), American politician Berkley, Somerset Berkeley, Gloucestershire Berkley, Colorado Berkley, Iowa Berkley, Maryland Berkley, Massachusetts...
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