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89:, in the south-west of Wiltshire. In 1831, when the population of the whole parish was 1,394, the borough had a population of only 81. Already a small settlement, much of Heytesbury burned to the ground in 1765, but this did not affect its right to return members to parliament. The houses lost were subsequently rebuilt.
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A Chronological
Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament, from the Union in 1708, to the Third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807
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Cobbett's
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Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
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Constituencies of the
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The
Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III
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Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire (historic)
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73:until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the
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1564:"History of Parliament 1558–1603: Heytesbury"
1523:"History of Parliament 1509–1558: Heytesbury"
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114:South Wiltshire county division
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281:Fulk Mounslowe alias Langley
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994:Lord Charles Cavendish
1165:The Earl of Barrymore
1151:Michael Angelo Taylor
341:Christopher Sackville
120:Members of Parliament
63:parliamentary borough
1720:J Holladay Philbin,
1387:Charles Ashe A'Court
1378:Edward Henry A'Court
1193:The Viscount Clifden
818:Sir Charles Berkeley
733:Barebones Parliament
606:Sir Charles Berkeley
591:Sir Charles Berkeley
576:Sir Charles Berkeley
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146:adding missing items
28:borough constituency
1429:Sir George Staunton
1318:Viscount Fitzharris
1281:Sir William a'Court
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258:Thomas Throckmorton
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717:Moore excluded in
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