Bossiney

Bossiney (Cornish: Boskyny, meaning Cyni's dwelling) is a village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

1552, two members were elected to the unreformed House of Commons by the burgesses of Bossiney and Trevena, until the Reform Act 1832 stripped it of its representation as a rotten borough.

[5] Despite electing two MPs, the Borough of Bossiney in the 18th century was described as a very small place with scarcely twenty houses and those no better than cottages!

[10] Willapark on the coast nearby was an Iron Age cliff castle and at Lye Rock the barque 'Iota' was wrecked in 1893 (see the Tintagel article).

Willapark Manor stands in wooded grounds and is now an hotel; Jill Pool is the site of the former borough gaol.

Replica of the borough seal
Hendra Cross
Fore Street, Trevena, in 1862; Plan of Bossiney Castle