Is this in Berkshire?

[2zpool]

I have an obituary from a US Newspaper for a John W. Remington son of John and Ellen.  The information states that he was born 17 Mar 1869 in Barnsley, Berkshire, England.  Is there a Barnsley in Berkshire?  I only know of one in Yorkshire. 

I know obituary information is only as good as what the person reporting knows.  I don't see his birth registered in the GRO anywhere but I don't think it was mandatory at the time.

Berkshire geography is foreign to me. If anyone could help I would be grateful.

Janis

[Hollander]

The only birth for a John W Remington on Ancestry in this period is a John Walling Remington, Jul/Sep quarter of 1868, Ulverston Reg. Dist. (Lancashire).

[HeatherLynne]

There isn't a Barnsley in Berkshire nowadays but there is a small village called Barnsley in Gloucestershire that could possibly have been within the county boundaries at some point (guessing here but not so far away that it's impossible).  I tried searching in the 1871 census for a Remington family with John as the head, Ellen his wife and a son John and I did get one result but apart from the names it doesn't seem to fit:

John, head, born 1814, pauper
Ellen, wife, born 1834, pauper
John, son, born 1861 scholar
William 1863
James 1865

Living Whittle End, North Witchford, Cambridgeshire
Not much help at all sorry!

[2zpool]

I know I have looked also--the article said he--I am assuming his parents too--emigrated to the US when he was 10 yrs old--I can't seem to find them in the US 1880 census either.  I am aware that Ellen could be Eleanor and also Helen.

The "W" could be something he gave himself also.  My gr grandfather has a "C" but he was not born nor baptised with a middle name.

Thank you all for looking.  I will keep trying.  Maybe order his death cert which in the state he died - the mother's maiden name was asked--if any one knew.  I hope he didn't make up a birthdate but must be nice to be born on St. Paddy's day.

If anyone needs help with Co. Durham or Northumberland I have many resources.

Janis