Definition of Burghs. Meaning of Burghs. Synonyms of Burghs

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Definition of Burghs

Burgh
Burgh Burgh, n. [OE. See Burg.] A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough.

Meaning of Burghs from wikipedia

- other burghs including Edinburgh, Stirling, Dunfermline, Haddington, Perth, Dumfries, Jedburgh, Montrose, Rutherglen and Lanark. Most of the burghs granted...
- royal burghs. Most royal burghs were either created by the Crown, or upgraded from another status, such as burgh of barony. As discrete classes of burgh emerged...
- large and small burghs. While large burghs became largely independent of the county councils of the county in which they lay, small burghs lost many of their...
- Montrose Burghs: 1842 Montrose Burghs by-election, a Montrose Burghs election in the 1840s 1855 Montrose Burghs by-election, a Montrose Burghs election...
- the burghs of Ayr and Irvine were parliamentary burghs, represented as components of Ayr Burghs. In 1832 Kilmarnock became a parliamentary burgh, to be...
- the type of burgh concerned. The Scottish burghs were abolished in 1975. Burghs produced many types of historical records. Medieval burghs started to appear...
- until 1975. During this period four burghs were also counties, or counties of cities in Scotland. These four burghs were counties of cities, being independent...
- of royal burgh. Many different types of burghs existed in Scotland, including royal burghs, burghs of barony and regality, parliamentary burghs and police...
- Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election 1862 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election 1875 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election 1892 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election 1921 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election...
- under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 46). This act enabled existing royal burghs, burghs of regality, and burghs of barony to...