Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency)
- Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Bridgnorth
Type = Borough
Year = 1295
Abolition = 1885
members = two until 1868, then one
Bridgnorth was a constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1295 as a borough constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two burgesses until 1868, when it was reduced to one Member of Parliament. It was abolished in 1885.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
1295-1640
* 1621-1622: Sir John Hayward
* 1621-1622: William Whitmore
1640-1868
1868-1885
Election results
ee also
*List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
*Unreformed House of Commons
References
*Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [http://books.google.com/books?vid=024wW9LmFc5kXY0FI2&id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&printsec=toc&dq=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament&as_brr=1&sig=SK5GVtGLfWQ9ovZDbyZObAyIO5I#PPP9,M1]
*D Brunton & D H Pennington, "Members of the Long Parliament" (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
*"Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803" (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]
* David Hayton, 'The Country Party in the House of Commons 1698-1699', "Parliamentary History", volume 6 (1987), 141-63
*Rayment
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