Launceston, St Mary Magdalene - including the ancient borough of Launceston is situated in the Deanery of Trigg Major and the Hundred of East. It is bounded on the North by St Thomas and St Stephens, on the East by Lawhitton, on the South by South Petherwin and on the West by South Petherwin and St Thomas. Launceston is the ancient Capital of Cornwall and holder of several Royal Charters. The town provided the only crossing points of the River Tamar for many centuries as revealed by several impressive arch bridges, all of which date back to the 15th century or earlier. Launceston lies right on the Cornwall-Devon border. To the West lies Bodmin Moor, to the North the rugged Atlantic Coast and to the East Dartmoor and the tranquil River Tamar. The Borough sent two members to Parliament from 1294; it was incorporated in 1555, the corporation consisting of a Mayor, eight aldermen and a recorder. Under the Reform Act of 1832, the borough lost one of its MPs.The ancient castle served as the County prison until the new County Gaol was built in Bodmin.