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27 relations: Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency), Bere Alston railway station, Bere Ferrers, Burgage, Civil parish, Dawlish Warren, Devon, England, Exeter, Exeter–Plymouth line, John Maynard (politician), Josceline Percy (Royal Navy officer), London, Market garden, Mining, Okehampton, Peter King, 1st Baron King, Reform Act 1832, River Tamar, River Tavy, Rotten and pocket boroughs, Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet, Tamar Valley Line, Tavistock, Torridge and West Devon (UK Parliament constituency), Unreformed House of Commons, West Devon.
Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)
Bere Alston or Beeralston was a parliamentary borough in Devon, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act as a rotten borough.
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Bere Alston railway station
Bere Alston railway station is an unstaffed halt situated near the village of Bere Alston in Devon, England, north of Plymouth on the branch to Gunnislake.
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Bere Ferrers
Bere Ferrers, sometimes called Beerferris, is a village and civil parish on the Bere peninsula in West Devon in the English county of Devon.
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Burgage
Burgage is a medieval land term used in Great Britain and Ireland, well established by the 13th century.
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Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.
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Dawlish Warren
Dawlish Warren is a small seaside resort near the town of Dawlish in Teignbridge on the south coast of Devon in England.
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Devon
Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Exeter
Exeter is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 (mid-2016 EST).
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Exeter–Plymouth line
The Exeter–Plymouth line, also called the South Devon Main Line, is a central part of the trunk railway line between and in the southern United Kingdom.
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John Maynard (politician)
Sir John Maynard KS (1602 – 9 October 1690) was an English lawyer and politician, prominent under the reigns of Charles I, the Commonwealth, Charles II, James II and William III.
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Josceline Percy (Royal Navy officer)
Vice Admiral The Hon.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Market garden
A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants.
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Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.
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Okehampton
Okehampton (also) is a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon.
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Peter King, 1st Baron King
Peter King, 1st Baron King (c. 1669 – 22 July 1734) was an English lawyer and politician, who became Lord Chancellor of England.
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Reform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 (known informally as the 1832 Reform Act, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act to distinguish it from subsequent Reform Acts) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
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River Tamar
The Tamar (Dowr Tamar) is a river in south west England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west).
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River Tavy
The Tavy is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England.
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Rotten and pocket boroughs
A rotten or pocket borough, more formally known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom before the Reform Act 1832, which had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain unrepresentative influence within the unreformed House of Commons.
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Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet
Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Baronet (6 November 1753 – 7 February 1827) was a British art patron and amateur painter.
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Tamar Valley Line
The Tamar Valley Line is a railway line from Plymouth, Devon, to Gunnislake, Cornwall, in England, also known as the Gunnislake branch line.
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Tavistock
Tavistock is an ancient stannary and market town within West Devon, England.
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Torridge and West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
Torridge and West Devon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Geoffrey Cox, a Conservative.
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Unreformed House of Commons
The unreformed House of Commons is a name given to the House of Commons of Great Britain and (after 1800) the House of Commons of the United Kingdom before it was reformed by the Reform Act 1832.
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West Devon
West Devon is a local government district and borough in Devon, England.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bere_Alston
