Aldborough

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former parliamentary borough rotten borough

Aldborough was a former parliamentary borough in England that historically returned members to the British House of Commons.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aldborough canonical 3
Aldborough Roman Site 1
Roman town of Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough) 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former parliamentary borough ⓘ
rotten borough ⓘ
abolishedBy Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
constituencyType borough constituency ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
disenfranchisedIn 1832 ⓘ
electoralReformContext pre-Reform Act parliamentary boroughs in England ⓘ
electoralSystem bloc vote ⓘ
existedDuringParliament Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
governmentSystemContext House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: unreformed House of Commons
hadRightToElect Members of Parliament ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of a rotten borough abolished by the 1832 Reform Act ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
locatedInHistoricCounty Yorkshire ⓘ
notableCharacteristic susceptible to patronage and influence ⓘ
very small electorate ⓘ
numberOfMembersReturned 2 ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentationEnded 1832 ⓘ
partOf parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
returnedMembersTo House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: British House of Commons
status abolished constituency ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Earl of Chatham → parliamentaryConstituency → Aldborough ⓘ
subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder
Sir Godfrey Copley → parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented → Aldborough ⓘ
Boroughbridge → hasLandmark → Aldborough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aldborough Roman Site
Boroughbridge → near → Aldborough ⓘ
Boroughbridge → hasNearbySite → Aldborough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman town of Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough)