Place:Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England

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NameWeymouth and Melcombe Regis
TypeCivil parish, Borough (municipal)
Coordinates50.611°N 2.453°W
Located inDorset, England     ( - 1974)
See alsoMelcombe Regis, Dorset, Englandparish making up the borough
Weymouth, Dorset, Englandparish making up the borough
Weymouth Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district partly absorbed into borough in 1933
Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
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Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was originally a borough in Dorset, England. It was formed by a charter of Elizabeth I (Elizabeth Tudor), amalgamating the towns of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1571.

The towns continued to send the same number of Members of Parliament to the unreformed House of Commons as they had before the merger - two for each. In 1832 with the passing of Reform Act the borough was stripped of its double representation and reduced to two seats. It ceased to be a parliamentary borough from 1885 when it was merged with the surrounding rural area to become the parliamentary constituency for South Dorset. The borough continued in existence, as a municipal borough until 1974, when it was merged, under the Local Government Act 1972, into the Weymouth and Portland District.

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