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Berkeley, par. and market town with ry. sta., W. Gloucestershire, on river Avon, 24 miles N. of Bristol and 115 miles from London -- par., 14,578 ac., pop. 5038; pop. of town 870; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. B. was the birthplace of Dr Jenner (1749-1823), who introduced vaccination. To the SE. is Berkeley Castle, a baronial fortress, in which King Edward II. was murdered, 1327.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and market town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Berkeley Parish Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Berkeley |
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