I have been on the telephone

and the Berkshire FHS places their databases on line at
http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/ so not all is lost

The Berkshire records office has a structure from 6 or more local authorities with which their funding depends on attendance figures.

Most of the northern parishes became part of Oxfordshire in 1937 so the Oxforshire FHS indexes them.

good hunting

Hugh W