Bossiney

E842342

Bossiney was a former parliamentary borough in Cornwall, England, historically represented in the UK Parliament before its disenfranchisement in the 19th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bossiney canonical 4
Bossiney and Trevena 1

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former parliamentary borough ⓘ
rotten borough ⓘ
abolishedAsConstituency Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
characterisedAs pocket borough ⓘ
country England ⓘ
disenfranchisedBy Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
disenfranchisedIn 19th century ⓘ
electoralSystem bloc vote ⓘ
firstRepresentationCentury 16th century ⓘ
franchiseType burgage tenure ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bossiney and Trevena ⓘ
linked to: Bossiney
historicCounty Cornwall ⓘ
locatedIn Cornwall ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
nearbySettlement Tintagel ⓘ
numberOfMembersReturned 2 ⓘ
partOf pre-1832 UK parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
region Cornwall parliamentary boroughs ⓘ
representationEnded 1832 ⓘ
representedIn Parliament of England ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
status disenfranchised ⓘ
successorConstituency Eastern division of Cornwall ⓘ
linked to: South East Cornwall
typeOfConstituency borough constituency ⓘ

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