Talk:Londonderry City (UK Parliament constituency)

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1. The Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 - Article 8, Section 3 - "And be it enacted, That of the one hundred commoners to sit on the part of Ireland in the united parliament, sixty-four shall be chosen for the counties, and thirty-six for the following cities and boroughs, Videlicet; ... for the city of Londonderry one;"
2. The Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832, Schedule, paragraph 24 "Londonderry. — From the Point on the South-west of the City 
at which Mary Blue's Burn joins the River Foyle, up Mary 
Blue's Burn to the Point at which the same crosses Stanlev s 
Walk ; thence, Westward, along Stanley's Walk to the Pomt 
at which the same meets a Road whicn runs nearly parallel 
to Mary Blue's Burn; thence, Northward, along the last- 
mentioned Road to the Point at which the same reaches the 
Entrance Gate to the Bishop's Demesne and Deer Park ; 
thence. Westward, along the Road which proceeds from the 
said Entrance Gate to the Point at which the same turns 
South-westward ; thence, Northward, along a small Stream 
for about Seventy Yards to the Point at which the tame 
meets a Bank which skirts the South-eastern Bank of a 
circular Plantation, and runs up to the Creggan and Bart 
Road ; thence along the Bank so running to the Creggan 
and Burt Road to the Point at which the same meets the 
Creggan and Burt Road ; thence along a Ditch which raiu 
from the Northern Side of the Creggan and Burt Road, and 
nearly opposite to the Point last described, to the Point at 
which the same meets a small Stream ; thence in a itraigfat 
Line to the North-western Comer of the Enclosure Wall of 
the Lunatic Asylum ; thence alone the Northern Enclosure 
Wall of the Lunatic Asylum, and m a Line in continuation 
thereof, to the Point at which such Line cuts the Rirer 
Foyle ; thence, Southward, along the River Foyle to the 
Point at which the same is met, on the Eastern Side, bj a 
Ditch or Bank which forms the Southern Boundary of the 
Pleasure Grounds of Mr. William Bond ; thence along the 
last-mentioned Ditch or Bank to the Point at which the same 
meets the Newton Limavady Road ; thence. Southward, along 
the Newton Limavady Road for about Ninetv Yards to the 
Point where the said Road joins the old ^rabane Road; 
thence alonff the old Strabane Road for about Three hundred 
and ninety Yards to the Point where the same is met by a 
narrow Road running therefrom to the Tank ; thence, West- 
ward, along the last-mentioned narrow Road for about Thirty 
Yards to the Spot where the same is met by a Bank, now 
planted with Bushes, running Southward ; thence along the 
last-mentioned Bank to the Spot where the same is met by 
a Lane runnins from Waterside up a steep Hill to the old 
Strabane Road ; thence to the nearest Point of a small 
Stream which is the Boundary between the Townknds of 
Clooney and Gobnascale ; thence down the said Stream for 
about Seventy Yards to the Point where the same is met by 
a Lane running South-westward to the Fields ; thence along 
the last-mentioned Lane to the Point where it cots the 
Boundary between the Townlands of Gobnascale and Tarn* 
neymore ; thence, Westward, along the Boundary betveen 
the TownJands of Gobnascale and Tamneymore to the Point 
at which the same meets the River Foyle ; thencet South' 
wardy along the River Foyle to the Point first described."
3. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Schedule 5 did not change the boundaries. Alekksandr (talk) 22:01, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Boundaries