Much Wenlock, often called simply Wenlock, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament...
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Wenlock may refer to: Little Wenlock, a village in Shropshire Much Wenlock, a town in Shropshire (Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) Wenlock Priory...
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a constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the...
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East; Ludlow North; Ludlow South; Much Wenlock; Severn Valley; Worfield. It will comprise the existing constituency of Ludlow (to be abolished), with...
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Much Wenlock Thomas Lawley (MP died 1621), MP for Much Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet (died 1646), MP for Much Wenlock...
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The Wrekin is a constituency in the House of Commons of the British Parliament, located in the county of Shropshire in the West Midlands of England. It...
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parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of...
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Newport (redirect from Newport (UK Parliament constituency))
inland town on Newport river Newport, Cornwall Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency) Newport, Devon, in Barnstaple Newport, East Riding of Yorkshire...
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Matthew Green (British politician) (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Shropshire)
Ratlinghope and Bishop's Castle before moving to Much Wenlock by the time of his election. Prior to entering parliament he worked as a PR and media advisor. "Matthew...
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1601), MP for Liverpool Sir John Poole, in 1593, MP for Much Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) H. John Poole, military author Jack Poole (1933–2009)...
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Hoxton, Kingsland, Moorfields, Wenlock and Whitmore. For elections to Parliament, the borough was divided into two constituencies: Haggerston Hoxton In 1918...
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multi-member constituencies in that Parliament may well be much older. Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed...
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John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies)
with his first cousin Lord Forester that viewed the first Wenlock Olympian Games at Much Wenlock in 1850. He there and then donated a cash prize of £1 (worth...
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administrative and procedural functions. In addition, they remain a constituency Member of Parliament (MP), are part of the Privy Council, and represent the Commons...
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Shropshire (section Parliamentary constituencies)
Shropshire and Beyond. Retrieved 20 April 2023. "Much Wenlock and the Wenlock Olympian Games". Historic UK. Retrieved 23 July 2023. Langland, William (1990)...
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accomplished orchestra of local musicians. The local public house, The Wenlock, closed in May 2011 but has since reopened. There is usually an annual...
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Church Stretton (section Member of Parliament)
there, and being where Bristol Road had a junction with the road to Much Wenlock and the Burway – a route over the Long Mynd. At the time of the Domesday...
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Betty Boothroyd (category Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies)
before being elected Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich in a by-election in 1973. She represented the constituency for 27 years. In 1974, Boothroyd...
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Lord Charles Beresford (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922))
inhabitants. William Penny Brookes invited him to be president of the Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games in Shropshire for the years 1888 and 1889...
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Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies)
by William Penny Brookes, he was President of the Wenlock Olympian Society in 1874, when Much Wenlock hosted the National Olympian Games. Lord Bradford...
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former parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom, organised by date of abolition. It includes UK parliamentary constituencies that have been abolished...
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Charles Milnes Gaskell (category Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
Milnes Gaskell, MP for Wenlock (only son of Benjamin Gaskell of Thornes House, Wakefield, Yorkshire, and Wenlock Abbey, Much Wenlock, Shropshire), and his...
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Stretton Cleobury Mortimer Clun Craven Arms Ellesmere Ludlow Market Drayton Much Wenlock Newport Oswestry Shifnal Shrewsbury Telford (Dawley Madeley Oakengates...
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a different constituency and party in 2005 but did not have any period of absence from the Commons at that time. Having left Parliament in 2010 he made...
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Capital punishment in the United Kingdom (redirect from Capital punishment in the UK)
Thomas (1861). Extracts from the Register of Sir Thomas Butler, Vicar of Much Wenlock, in Shropshire [1538–1562] ... Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne. Reprinted...
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John Mytton (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies)
book The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, beside Casanova Jack Wenlock, the lead character in The Case of the 'Hail Mary' Celeste by Malcolm Pryce...
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stood in the new constituency of Glasgow North East, with the SNP again fielding a candidate against him. He was returned to Parliament. He was unopposed...
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constituencies for the House of Commons in the modern age, each constituency elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system. Conservative † Liberal...
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Herman, Hall may have been first elected to Parliament as early as 1523. He was elected to represent Much Wenlock in 1529, and represented the borough again...
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13th century there was urban development in Wellington and Madeley, where Wenlock Priory founded a new town. Six monastic houses, founded in the 11th and...
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