Definition of Burgages. Meaning of Burgages. Synonyms of Burgages

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Definition of Burgages

Burgage
Burgage Burg"age, n. [From Burg: cf. F. bourgage, LL. burgagium.] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. --Burrill.

Meaning of Burgages from wikipedia

- Burgage is a medieval land term used in Great Britain and Ireland, well established by the 13th century. A burgage was a town ("borough" or "burgh") rental...
- borough, a patron who bought all the burgages had absolute control. At election time he would simply convey the burgages to his relatives and friends, and...
- These plots were known as feus or in royal burghs such as Lanark as burgages. Each burgage in a burgh was the same size, though the size varied between burghs...
- medieval village running parallel to the main street at the other end of burgage plots. There may be a back lane on each side of the main street which,...
- (Irish: Buiríos Mór Osraí, meaning 'the great borough of Ossory', or the 'Burgage of Osraige') is a village in west County Laois, Ireland, close to the Tipperary...
- private citizens or groups. Socage, a feudal tax system based on land rent. Burgage, a feudal tax system based on land rent. Some prin****lities taxed windows...
- house currently has an attractive, 18th-century facade, it originated as a burgage tenement. In addition, behind the house, evidence of a kiln has been unearthed...
- of new houses set on equal-sized plots of land – burgage plots. At the opposite end of the burgage plot there is often a back lane which gives the original...
- Elizabethan merchant townhouse located on the only completely surviving burgage plot in Ireland. It also features a restored 17th-century garden on an...
- predominantly have narrow frontages stretching back to gain floorspace. This burgage plot style is particularly evident around the marketplace and on side streets...