Shropshire / Salop | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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1290–1832 | |
Number of members | two |
Replaced by | North Shropshire and South Shropshire |
Shropshire (a.k.a. Salop) is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was divided between the constituencies of North Shropshire and South Shropshire in 1832.