Old Sarum
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Old Sarum was a notorious English "rotten borough" parliamentary constituency with virtually no residents, long used to control seats in the House of Commons before electoral reform.
Aliases (7)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UK Parliament constituency
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rotten borough → |
| abolishedBy |
Reform Act 1832
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| abolitionDate |
1832
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| alsoKnownAs |
Old Sarum borough
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| associatedWithReformMovement |
campaign for parliamentary reform in early 19th century
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| characterizedAs |
pocket borough
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| controlType |
patronage
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| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom → |
| county |
Wiltshire
NERFINISHED
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| electoralCorruptionPerception |
notoriously corrupt
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| electoralSystem |
first‑past‑the‑post
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| electorateSizeDescription |
extremely small
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| electorateType |
burgage tenure
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| governedBy |
English electoral law (pre‑1832)
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Reform Act 1832 (for abolition) → |
| hadNoSignificantUrbanSettlementBy |
18th century
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| hadNoSubstantialResidentPopulationBy |
19th century
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| hadRepresentationDisproportionateToPopulation |
true
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| historicalEra |
pre‑Reform British parliamentary system
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| jurisdiction |
Parliament of England
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Parliament of Great Britain → Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED → |
| languageOfName |
English
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| legalStatusBefore1832 |
parliamentary borough
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| locatedIn |
England
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Old Sarum, Wiltshire → |
| near |
Salisbury
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| notableFor |
patron-controlled elections
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very small electorate → virtually no resident voters → |
| parliamentaryRepresentationBeganIn |
medieval period
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| parliamentarySeats |
2
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| partOf |
unreformed House of Commons constituency system
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| predecessor |
Old Sarum (parliamentary borough in the Parliament of England)
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| representedIn |
House of Commons of England
NERFINISHED
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House of Commons of Great Britain NERFINISHED → House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED → |
| statusAfter1832 |
disfranchised
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| successor |
Schedule A disfranchised boroughs under Reform Act 1832
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| symbolOf |
need for electoral reform in Britain
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| topicOf |
historical studies of rotten boroughs
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| usedAsExampleOf |
malapportionment in pre‑reform Parliament
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parliamentary corruption before reform → |
| votingRestrictedTo |
burgage holders
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| votingRightsBasedOn |
ownership of burgage plots
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Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Salisbury
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Salisbury ("Old Sarum Castle") → Salisbury ("Old Sarum Cathedral ruins") → Salisbury ("Old Sarum Scheduled Monument") → Salisbury, Wiltshire, England → |
hasLandmark |
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Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)
("Old Sarum borough")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
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foundedNear |
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Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)
("Old Sarum, Wiltshire")
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locatedIn |
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William Pitt the Elder
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parliamentaryConstituency |
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Diamond Pitt
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parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented |
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Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)
("Old Sarum (parliamentary borough in the Parliament of England)")
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predecessor |