Places Where Parliament Has Been Held Other Than London
- York, various
- Lincoln, various
- Acton Burnell Castle, 1283 (Virtual Shropshire)
- Shrewsbury, 1283 (trial of Dafydd ap Gruffydd)
- Leicester, 1414 (Fire and Faggot Parliament), 1426 (Parliament of Bats)
- Oxford, 1258 (Mad Parliament), 1681
- Kenilworth, 1266
- Lincoln, 1301
- Carlisle, 1307
- Northampton 1328
- New Sarum, 1330
- Winchester, 1332
Reading Abbey, 1453 Coventry, 1459 (Parliament of Devils)
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