Bossiney

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

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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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