Page "Dartmouth, Devon" Paragraph 20

The town was an ancient borough, incorporated by Edward III, known formally as Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness, and consisting of the three parishes of St Petrox, St Saviour and Townstall, and incorporating the hamlets of Ford, Old Mill and Norton.

It was reformed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.

The town returned two members of parliament from the 13th century until 1835, after which one MP was elected until the town was disenfranchised in 1868.

It remained a municipal borough until 1974, when it was merged into the South Hams district, and became a successor parish of Dartmouth with a town council.