Tregony
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Tregony was a former parliamentary borough in Cornwall, England, historically known as a "rotten borough" that elected members to the UK Parliament before the 19th-century electoral reforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tregony canonical | 4 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former parliamentary borough
ⓘ
rotten borough ⓘ settlement ⓘ |
| abolishedAsParliamentaryBoroughBy | Reform Act 1832 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeArea | Cornwall Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterisedAs | rotten borough due to very small electorate ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentStatus |
former market town
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| electoralCorruption | notorious for patronage and bribery ⓘ |
| electoralReformContext | lost representation in 1832 redistribution of seats ⓘ |
| hasParishStatus |
civil parish
ⓘ
ecclesiastical parish ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of pre‑Reform Act pocket borough ⓘ |
| historicCounty | Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicFunction | local market and administrative centre ⓘ |
| languageRegion | English-speaking area with Cornish toponyms ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cornwall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| locatedOnRiver | River Fal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyTown | Truro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMPsReturned | 2 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryBoroughOf |
Parliament of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Roseland Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedInParliamentFrom | 16th century ⓘ |
| statusAfter1832 | disenfranchised parliamentary borough ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.