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Alcona County Herald: On March 10, 1910, the newspaper changed its name to the Alcona County Herald, with Rola E. Prescott as the publisher. Interestingly, it was the only country weekly in the United States to have its own cartoonist, providing readers with lively cartoons on county subjects in every issue.
The county council was abolished in 1998 and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead took on county-level services, making it a unitary authority. Berkshire continues to legally exist as a ceremonial county and a non-metropolitan county, albeit without a county council. [6]
Bisham, Berkshire (period 1850-98) by Francis Frith. Bisham / ˈ b ɪ s əm / is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.The village is on the River Thames, around one mile (1.6 km) south of Marlow in the neighbouring county of Buckinghamshire, and around three miles (5 km) northwest of Maidenhead.
Schools in the area include Lowbrook School and Wessex Primary School, both catering for ages up to eleven Year 6 and Cox Green School, for children aged 11–18.Cox Green School shares a site with the adjacent Community Centre on Highfield Lane, [5] providing such local facilities as a library and both indoor and outdoor sports facilities.
At borough level the town is part of the Datchet Horton and Wraysbury electoral ward and is currently represented by three councillors, David Cannon (Conservative), Ewan Larcombe (independent) and Gary Muir (Conservative), in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. [11]
Ascot' (/ ˈ æ s k ə t,-ɒ t /) is a town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Windsor, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Bracknell and 25 miles (40 km) west of London. [1] It is most notable as the location of Ascot Racecourse, home of the Royal Ascot meeting. Its average house price of ...
Sunningdale is a village and a civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It takes up the extreme south-east corner of Berkshire, England and is adjoined by green buffers including Sunningdale Golf Club and Wentworth Golf Club. Its northern peripheral estates adjoin Virginia Water Lake.
Shurlock Row is a village in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.. It is located in the heart of the Thames Valley, around 5.5 miles (9 km) south-west of Maidenhead and around 3 miles (5 km) east of Twyford, and within the civil parish of Waltham St Lawrence (where the 2011 Census population was included).