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  • It is probable that the true Cubert was St. Cybi, or Cuby, whom we find at Cuby near Grampound, and whose name also survives in the Caergybi and Llangybi of Wales.

    The Cornwall Coast

  • Sancreed and St. Creed, Grampound, we may be safe in believing that there was a living personality behind the dedication, not a mere abstraction.

    The Cornwall Coast

  • The writer could not mean the borough of Grampound, or any other borough, when he said that corruption was the oil of the system.

    A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father William Cooper

  • Truman, the Grampound butcher, was acting freighter for a pretty large run, and for a week now two of my fellows have been at

    Corporal Sam and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • And at Grampound in the grey of the morning he almost ran slap into a chaise and pair proceeding westward, and likewise as if its postilion wanted to break his neck.

    News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Early in the year 1821 Lord John reintroduced his bill for the disfranchisement of Grampound.

    Lord John Russell 1887

  • Parliamentary Reform by bringing before the House of Commons a measure for the redress of certain scandalous grievances, chiefly at Grampound.

    Lord John Russell 1887

  • Whilst the bill about Grampound was being discussed by the Lords he took further action in this direction, and presented four resolutions for the discovery and punishment of bribery, the disfranchisement of corrupt boroughs, and the enfranchisement of wealthy and populous towns.

    Lord John Russell 1887

  • As soon as possible Lord John returned to the charge, and brought forward his measure for dealing with Grampound and to transfer the right of voting to Leeds, the franchise to be given to occupiers of houses rated at 5_l. _ and upwards.

    Lord John Russell 1887

  • Grampound, he would not oppose the proposition, and to this arrangement

    Lord John Russell 1887

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