Boroughbridge is a small town 13 miles northwest of York in North Yorkshire in England. Until its bypass was built, it was on the main A1 road from London to Edinburgh. The A1 crosses the River Ure there.

In 1945 the A1 bridge over the River Ure collapsed under the weight of a heavy transport vehicle carrying an 80-ton steel mill roll housing from Sheffield to Falkirk. That interrupted a main transport route.

Boroughbridge was a parliamentary borough from medieval times, electing two Members of Parliament to the unreformed Commons. It had a "burgage" franchise, meaning that the right to vote was tied to ownership of certain pieces of property in the borough, and it had less than 100 qualified voters by the time it was abolished in the great reform act of 1832: It was a pocket borough entirely under the control of the Dukes of Newcastle. Augustus FitzRoy, who was later Prime Minister as the 3rd Duke of Grafton, was elected MP for Boroughbridge in 1756; however, he never sat for the borough as he preferred to represent Bury St. Edmunds where he had also been elected.

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Big step forward for Boroughbridge allotments project at last nights Town Council mtg. Think we have land! (well they didnt say no :-)
ttribe (Tim Tribe) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:02:38 -0000
Big step forward for Boroughbridge allotments project at last nights Town Council mtg. Think we have land! (well they didnt say no :-)
@sarah_fortune they were filming in boroughbridge apparently it is the worst hit area
Bates92 (comRachel Bates) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:22:21 -0000
@sarah_fortune they were filming in boroughbridge apparently it is the worst hit area
At home today, walking to work would have been easy, Isobel getting to and from Boroughbridge not so.
jamestilburn (James Tilburn) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:02:54 -0000
At home today, walking to work would have been easy, Isobel getting to and from Boroughbridge not so.
... Sky News reporting from Boroughbridge! (Mum & Dad confirm snow still falling!)
jquartson (Joseph Quartson) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:57:00 -0000
... Sky News reporting from Boroughbridge! (Mum & Dad confirm snow still falling!)
Family History expert or researcher wanted to write genealogy guide for Boroughbridge. http://tyfh.net #tyfh #ancestors #authors
uk_ancestors (Michael Burridge) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:01:57 -0000
Family History expert or researcher wanted to write genealogy guide for Boroughbridge. http://tyfh.net #tyfh #ancestors #authors

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