Parliamentary Constituencies of England, 1832-1862
- Description:
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These are digital boundaries for the system of Constituencies which were and are the units from which Members of Parliament are elected, and which they then represent. The system of county and borough constituencies has early origins but was not systematically mapped until the reforms introduced by the Representation of the People Act in 1832. This file represents the system as it was established following the Boundary Commission Report of 1832. The next Boundary Commission was not until 1868, but slightly earlier eliminations of rotten boroughs mean that a separate set of digital boundaries for constituencies in England and Wales has been created for the period 1862-8. Statistical data and other information used in “A Vision of Britain through Time” can be accessed and downloaded here: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
- Resource Link:
- https://purl.stanford.edu/dd982tm7150
- Identifier:
- https://purl.stanford.edu/dd982tm7150
- Language:
- eng
- Creator:
- Southall, Humphrey, Aucott, Paula, Bennett, Chris, University of Portsmouth, and Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System
- Publisher:
- University of Portsmouth
- Provider:
- Stanford
- Resource Class:
- Datasets
- Resource Type:
- Polygon data
- Subject:
- Parliament, Election districts, Administrative and political divisions, and Boundaries
- Theme:
- Boundaries
- Temporal Coverage:
- 1832-1862
- Date Issued:
- 2009
- Spatial Coverage:
- England
- Rights:
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These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates for non-commercial activities of research, teaching, educational or scholarly work purposes only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. An End User License outlining the full terms of use is included with this download.
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright © Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth. By downloading any data from this site, you agree to the terms contained in the End User License.
- Access Rights:
- Restricted
- Format:
- Shapefile
- Georeferenced:
- false