Definition of Burghs. Meaning of Burghs. Synonyms of Burghs

- established other burghs including Edinburgh, Stirling, Dunfermline, Haddington, Perth, Dumfries, Jedburgh, Montrose and Lanark. Most of the burghs granted charters...
- 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...
- the burghs of Ayr and Irvine were parliamentary burghs, represented as components of Ayr Burghs. In 1832 Kilmarnock became a parliamentary burgh, to be...
- Montrose Burghs: 1842 Montrose Burghs by-election, a Montrose Burghs election in the 1840s 1855 Montrose Burghs by-election, a Montrose Burghs election...
- 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...
- 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...
- Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election 1862 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election 1875 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election 1892 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election 1921 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election...
- of royal burgh. Many different types of burghs existed in Scotland, including royal burghs, burghs of barony and regality, parliamentary burghs and police...
- 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...
- The Convention of Royal Burghs, more fully termed the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, was a representative ****embly which protected the privileges...