Disambiguation evidence for Old Sarum via surface form

"Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)"


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Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)".

Predicate Object
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
country United Kingdom
county Wiltshire NERFINISHED
electoralCorruptionPerception notoriously corrupt
electoralSystem first‑past‑the‑post
electorateSizeDescription extremely small
electorateType burgage tenure
governedBy English electoral law (pre‑1832)
governedBy Reform Act 1832
surface form: Reform Act 1832 (for abolition)
hadNoSignificantUrbanSettlementBy 18th century
hadNoSubstantialResidentPopulationBy 19th century
hadRepresentationDisproportionateToPopulation true
historicalEra pre‑Reform British parliamentary system
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
instanceOf rotten borough
jurisdiction Parliament of England
jurisdiction Parliament of Great Britain
jurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
languageOfName English
legalStatusBefore1832 parliamentary borough
locatedIn England
locatedIn Old Sarum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Sarum, Wiltshire
near Salisbury
notableFor patron-controlled elections
notableFor very small electorate
notableFor 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 NERFINISHED
representedIn House of Commons of Great Britain NERFINISHED
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
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
usedAsExampleOf parliamentary corruption before reform
votingRestrictedTo burgage holders
votingRightsBasedOn ownership of burgage plots