Berkeley, Gloucestershire - Tomb of last private jester Dicky Pearce, RP c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  The tomb of the last private jest [Dicky Pearce] , Berkeley churchyard [Gloucestershire]
• Publisher: none stated - looks c.1960s
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  2&half p Machin
• Postmark(s): Oxford 1972 postcode slogan
• Sent to:  Preston, Paignton, Devon
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Berkeley (/ˈbɑːrkliː/) is a small town and parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between the east bank of the River Severnand the M5 motorway, within the Stroud administrative district. The town is noted for Berkeley Castle, where the imprisoned Edward II was murdered, as well as the birthplace of the physician Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.

The parish also includes the village of Berkeley Heath, which runs along the A38 Bristol to Gloucester road and the adjacent B4066 towards Berkeley.

Just north of Berkeley lies the port of Sharpness, one of the most inland in Britain. The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal (originally known as the Gloucester and Berkeley canal) starts here.

From 1876 to 1964 the town had a railway station, originally on a branch from a junction at Berkeley Road on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway. From 1879 the branch became a through-route to Lydney when the Severn Railway Bridge was opened. However, the bridge was damaged beyond repair by a ship collision in 1960. Some of the rail line is still used by the Power Station to transport low level nuclear waste by rail, and a railway preservation society is working to extend the line to Sharpness.^[8] Nearest station is now Cam and Dursley (5 miles). There are also several bus services running to and from the town.