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| | Berkshire History: The Legends of King Alfred (Berkshire Downs), Part 1 |
 | | There were Royals at Reading too, for the once great Abbey was built as a private mausoleum for Henry I and his family. |
 | | There are, however, further Royal associations which spread much farther back into history, for in Saxon times there were at least seven Royal estates in Berkshire: Old Windsor, Cookham, Reading, Sutton (Courtenay), Abingdon, Faringdon and Wantage. |
 | | At Englefield they were halted by Aethelwulf, the Ealdorman of Berkshire, and his men, and it was here that the first clash in the Kingdom between the old enemies took place. |
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