Old Sarum

E85295

UK Parliament constituency rotten borough

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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Old Sarum canonical	12
Old Sarum hillfort	2
Old Sarum (Iron Age hillfort and Norman castle)	1
Old Sarum (modern housing area)	1
Old Sarum (parliamentary borough in the Parliament of England)	1
Old Sarum Castle	1
Old Sarum Cathedral ruins	1
Old Sarum Scheduled Monument	1
Old Sarum borough	1
Old Sarum scheduled monument	1
Old Sarum, Wiltshire	1
remains of Old Sarum cathedral	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UK Parliament constituency ⓘ rotten borough ⓘ
abolishedBy	Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
abolitionDate	1832 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Old Sarum ⓘ surface form: Old Sarum borough
associatedWithReformMovement	campaign for parliamentary reform in early 19th century ⓘ
characterizedAs	pocket borough ⓘ
controlType	patronage ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
county	Wiltshire ⓘ
electoralCorruptionPerception	notoriously corrupt ⓘ
electoralSystem	first‑past‑the‑post ⓘ
electorateSizeDescription	extremely small ⓘ
electorateType	burgage tenure ⓘ
governedBy	English electoral law (pre‑1832) ⓘ Reform Act 1832 ⓘ surface form: Reform Act 1832 (for abolition)
hadNoSignificantUrbanSettlementBy	18th century ⓘ
hadNoSubstantialResidentPopulationBy	19th century ⓘ
hadRepresentationDisproportionateToPopulation	true ⓘ
historicalEra	pre‑Reform British parliamentary system ⓘ
jurisdiction	Parliament of England ⓘ Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
languageOfName	English ⓘ
legalStatusBefore1832	parliamentary borough ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Old Sarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Sarum, Wiltshire
near	Salisbury ⓘ
notableFor	patron-controlled elections ⓘ very small electorate ⓘ virtually no resident voters ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentationBeganIn	medieval period ⓘ
parliamentarySeats	2 ⓘ
partOf	unreformed House of Commons constituency system ⓘ
predecessor	Old Sarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Sarum (parliamentary borough in the Parliament of England)
representedIn	House of Commons of England ⓘ House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
statusAfter1832	disfranchised ⓘ
successor	Schedule A disfranchised boroughs under Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
symbolOf	need for electoral reform in Britain ⓘ
topicOf	historical studies of rotten boroughs ⓘ
usedAsExampleOf	malapportionment in pre‑reform Parliament ⓘ parliamentary corruption before reform ⓘ
votingRestrictedTo	burgage holders ⓘ
votingRightsBasedOn	ownership of burgage plots ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Chatham → parliamentaryConstituency → Old Sarum ⓘ

subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder

Diamond Pitt → parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented → Old Sarum ⓘ

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England → hasLandmark → Old Sarum ⓘ

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England → foundedNear → Old Sarum ⓘ

Old Sarum → locatedIn → Old Sarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)

this entity surface form: Old Sarum, Wiltshire

Old Sarum → predecessor → Old Sarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)

this entity surface form: Old Sarum (parliamentary borough in the Parliament of England)

Old Sarum → alsoKnownAs → Old Sarum ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)

this entity surface form: Old Sarum borough

Salisbury → hasLandmark → Old Sarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Sarum Castle

Salisbury → hasLandmark → Old Sarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Sarum Cathedral ruins

Salisbury → hasLandmark → Old Sarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Sarum Scheduled Monument

Wiltshire → contains → Old Sarum ⓘ

Baron Camelford → parliamentarySeatAssociated → Old Sarum ⓘ

Salisbury Museum → near → Old Sarum ⓘ

Lord George Germain → parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented → Old Sarum ⓘ

Old Sarum Airfield → nearbySite → Old Sarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Sarum (Iron Age hillfort and Norman castle)

Stratford-sub-Castle → near → Old Sarum ⓘ

Stratford-sub-Castle → adjacentTo → Old Sarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Sarum hillfort

Stratford-sub-Castle → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Old Sarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: remains of Old Sarum cathedral

Stratford-sub-Castle → hasNearbySettlement → Old Sarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Sarum (modern housing area)

Stratford-sub-Castle Conservation Area → near → Old Sarum ⓘ

Stratford-sub-Castle Conservation Area → adjacentTo → Old Sarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Sarum scheduled monument

Stratford-sub-Castle Conservation Area → hasView → Old Sarum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Sarum hillfort