Aldborough

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

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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

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Earl of Chatham parliamentaryConstituency Aldborough
subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder
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)