What is "morpeth"

Morpeth may mean:

• Morpeth, Northumberland, England
  • Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency
• Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia
  • Electoral district of Morpeth, a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the colony of New South Wales
• Morpeth, Ontario, Canada
• Morpeth Dock, part of Birkenhead docks, Merseyside
• Morpeth House, a building in Ipswich, Suffolk
• Morpeth School - a secondary school in the East End of London, England
• Sir Douglas Morpeth, a British accountant
• Viscount Morpeth, the heir apparent to the Earl of Carlisle.

Morpeth was a borough constituency centred on the town of Morpeth in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Morpeth elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) until the 1832 general election, when the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to one MP, elected under the first past the post system. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.