Totnes - People from Totnes, Mary Wesley, Brutus of Troy, Transition Towns, William John Wills, Totnes Railway Station, Christo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: People from Totnes, Mary Wesley, Brutus of Troy, Transition Towns, William John Wills, Totnes railway station, Christopher Titmuss, William Brockedon, Desmond Bagley, Mike Edwards, Tamsin Dunwoody, Benjamin Kennicott, Robert fitz Martin, John Prince, Ian Bryce, Cranks restaurant, Donald Moffat, Leechwell, Totnes Castle, Joan Brady, Totnes Guildhall, Totnes pound, John Huxham, Totnes Museum, Team Philips, Furious Pig, Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn, Juhel of Totnes, Matt Harvey, Devonshire Collection of Period Costume, Jan Raciborski, William Stumbels, Bridgetown, Devon, Totnes Times. Excerpt: Totnes is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system. The current constituency was formed for the 1997 general election, from parts of the former South Hams constituency. This had replaced the previous Totnes constituency, which had existed since 1885. An earlier parliamentary borough of Totnes or Totness had been created in 1295. It returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 general election. The Totnes constituency covers the eastern part of the South Hams district of Devon, including the towns of Totnes, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge and Salcombe, as well as parts of the unitary authority of Torbay, including the town of Brixham. Following a review of parliamentary representation in Devon by the Boundary Commission for England, there were minor alterations to the boundaries of this constituency taking effect at the 2010 general election. The constituency...