Aldborough

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Aldborough was a former parliamentary borough in England that historically returned members to the British House of Commons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former parliamentary borough
rotten borough
abolishedBy Reform Act 1832
constituencyType borough constituency
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
disenfranchisedIn 1832
electoralReformContext pre-Reform Act parliamentary boroughs in England
electoralSystem bloc vote
existedDuringParliament Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
governmentSystemContext unreformed House of Commons
hadRightToElect Members of Parliament
historicalSignificance example of a rotten borough abolished by the 1832 Reform Act
locatedIn England
locatedInHistoricCounty Yorkshire
notableCharacteristic susceptible to patronage and influence
very small electorate
numberOfMembersReturned 2
parliamentaryRepresentationEnded 1832
partOf parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire
representedIn House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
returnedMembersTo British House of Commons
status abolished constituency

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William Pitt the Elder parliamentaryConstituency Aldborough
subject linked to: Earl of Chatham
Boroughbridge hasLandmark Aldborough Roman Site
linked to: Aldborough
Boroughbridge near Aldborough
Boroughbridge hasNearbySite Roman town of Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough)
linked to: Aldborough